McLaren have issued a public apology to the Mexican government after Mexican flags bearing a marijuana leaf flew above one of the team merchandising stalls at the US Grand Prix.
The former champions ordered the flags to be taken down after a complaint to F1 organisers from the local Mexican consulate.
“It was a regrettable incident and embarrassing for us,” said team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
“The flag was not an official McLaren product as you might imagine.
“It was a third party sub-contractor from an agent so it was some distant from us.
“A mistake was made. It caused some embarrassment, we withdrew the products from the stands.
“We don’t run the stands but we nevertheless went out and did so.”
Whitmarsh refused to confirm the identity of the supplier, thought to be British with F1 links.
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