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Raikkonen disagrees with Alonso over radio broadcast ban

Kimi Raikkonen has refused to back former teammate Fernando Alonso's view that radio traffic should not be broadcast live in Formula 1. Alonso's outbursts at Suzuka, in which he compared Honda's 'embarrassing' power unit to a 'GP2 engine', triggered theories the Spaniard was trying to deliberately breach his McLaren contract. But he says he was just frustrated. 'What you say on the radio should remain private,' Alonso argued at Sochi, 'because you are talking with your team not publically. I think publically we have been very, very positive all the time. 'I think this is a very unique sport, that we have a microphone in our helmet and it goes live on television. Imagine (it) in NBA or...
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