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No grid penalty for Raikkonen's unsafe release

Kimi Raikkonen has escaped a grid penalty following his unsafe release in the final moments of FP2. The Finn, on his race simulation, had just pitted for fresh tyres when he slowed and then ground to a halt with a loose right-front wheel. At a time a number of teams are accusing Ferrari of working too closely with Haas, the incident was uncannily similar to that which eliminated both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean from the season opener in Melbourne while in point-scoring positions. On that occasion Haas was fined 5,000 euros for both incidents, the Melbourne stewards determining that the cars were released in an unsafe condition in beach of Art. 28.13.c of the sporting regulations....
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