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Haas in Grosjean crash compensation talks with Sepang

Haas F1 boss Gunther Steiner is in discussions with Malaysian Grand Prix officials regarding compensation for damage incurred by Romain Grosjean’s car in second practice. Grosjean had his right rear tyre destroyed when he ran over a drain cover that had been dislodged by Valtteri Bottas's Mercedes at Turn 13. He spun at 170mph and had a 17G impact with the barriers as a consequence. The Frenchman, who walked away uninjured, called for action to make sure incidents like that do not happen again, while Steiner said it was “unacceptable” and “not up to the standards”. The FIA believes a welding failure led to the drain becoming dislodged, with circuit engineers forced to look at...
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