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MONZA, Italy - Kamui Kobayashi says he is unhappy about the way he was treated by the Caterham Formula 1 team after being dropped in Belgium but reinstated for this weekend' .
The Japanese driver was dropped in favour of Audi sports car driver Andre Lotterer in Belgium ahead of the Belgian GP.
Kobayashi said: "It's not an easy situation, I am here for the sport of racing but looking at the last couple of weeks I think it's more political stuff happening than sport. We've had talks with lawyers and this is what we have right now. I have a contract. I am a Caterham driver and it's not up to me.
"If they say simulator I do simulator, if they say stay at home I stay at home, if they say race I race.... Of course I'm not happy but this (situation) I cannot avoid."
' GIVEN NO REASON'
He added that he only learned on Wednesday (September 3) that he was needed in Italy. "Before Spa I was in the factory. We did some simulator work, I was ready to race, but just before coming to Spa they decided I wouldn't race.
"I was still at Spa, just not at the track. I didn't want to come to the track. I wanted to avoid trouble. It was not clear what happened in the team and I had nothing to say.
"They didn't tell me a reason, just that I wasn't driving."
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