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With Juan Pablo Montoya dismissed and third place in the constructors' standing secure, McLaren can afford to race some of their in-house talents. And all we are saying, is give Paffett a chance...
A sunny Sunday afternoon at Goodwood's Festival of Speed. I'm peering over a thick bush on the edge of the top paddock, waiting for the sight and sound of the current Formula One stars and cars. They've already smoked and screamed their way up the hill, now they're parading back down, the drivers still showboating with piercing wap-wap jabs of throttle.
My phone vibrates. As the F1 cars trail into the paddock, the marshals stoically holding back the tide of fans, I check the text message. It's an autosport.com text alert: "Juan Pablo Montoya will switch to NASCAR next season after signing with Chip Ganassi Racing." Wow.
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