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Fuel sample penalty sends Webber to the back of the grid

Red Bull's Mark Webber will start Sunday's 2013 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai from the back of the grid after the stewards found that he did not have enough fuel in his car for the mandatory one-litre post-qualifying sample. The news compounds a miserable day for the Australian driver in which he had initially qualified in 14th place after being told over the radio to park his car midway through Q2. Red Bull later confirmed that the stoppage was caused by a fuel bowser problem that had led to an incorrect fuel measurement being delivered to Webber's RB9. A similar problem forced Webber's team mate Sebastian Vettel to start the 2012 Abu DHabi Grand Prix from the back of the...
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