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Whiting: Grosjean crash a freak incident
Charlie Whiting says the loose drain cover that caused Romain Grosjean to suffer a reported 17G crash at Sepang was a freak incident. The Frenchman brought out the red flags in Friday's second practice at the Sepang circuit when a loose drain cover shredded his tyre. Grosjean hit the wall at a reported 17Gs, which caused significant damage to his VF17. Thankfully he was unhurt. Explaining the incident, F1 race director Charlie Whiting told Motorsport.com: 'One of the drain covers, which measures about half a metre long and 30cm wide and heavy cast metal, came up. 'There are quite a few of them around the circuit and at this particular place, there are five at intervals on the outside of...
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