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Horner: Final F1 Australian GP red flag was "the right thing to do"

The Dutchman had a comfortable lead when Kevin Magnussen crashed and the debris trail he left led race director Niels Wittich to call for a red flag with three laps to go.

Verstappen was thus left on pole for a potential two-lap sprint to the flag but with a strong risk of losing the lead given that he had got away badly at the two previous starts.

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