For the second half of your question, here's the editor of Road and Track trying to explain why he pulled the article: The story was taken down because I felt

For the second half of your question, here's the editor of Road and Track trying to explain why he pulled the article: The story was taken down because I felt it was the wrong story for our publication. No one from the brands or organizations mentioned in the story put any sort of pressure on me or anyone else. In fact, I heard nothing at all from anyone on the story. No contact whatsoever. It was unfortunate and I can understand how people might jump to the conclusion that pressure of some sort was brought to bear. It wasn’t. Truth is, when the story was assigned, written and edited I was Executive Editor of Road & Track, not EIC. I was dealing almost exclusively with the print magazine. The story had been assigned and edited by the digital team. Had I been aware of the story I would have put a stop to it long before it ever posted. I’m afraid this is a much more mundane situation than you might have imagined. https://defector.com/road-track-eic-tries-to-explain-why-he-deleted-an-article-about-formula-1-power-dynamics https://defector.com/road-track-eic-tries-to-explain-why-he-...