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Grosjean escapes penalty over front-floor breach

Romain Grosjean will be allowed to keep his third place on the grid for Sunday's Grand Prix in Hungary, despite his car failing a post-qualifying front-floor deflection test.According to the FIA, Grosjean's E21 car deflected more than five millimetres vertically when a load was applied, whereas the cars of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) did not.The team argued that the issue was a result of the car hitting a kerb during the second round of qualifying on Saturday afternoon, and following a meeting with all parties the race stewards decided to accept this explanation and allowed Grosjean's times to stand.If the decision had gone the other way then Grosjean's times...
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