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FIA explains penalty for 'violent' Romain Grosjean swipe

Formula 1 Race Director Charlie Whiting has explained that a “violent move” from Romain Grosjean was behind the decision of the stewards to sanction the Haas driver in France. Debris was seen flying from the midfield group on the run to the first corner at Paul Ricard, before two separate clashes involving Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, and Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. Around 30 laps into the race Grosjean was placed under investigation, and shortly after was hit with a five-second time penalty that he served at his stop, hindering his chance of points. Whiting explained that Grosjean moved across on Ocon on the run to the Verrerie S, commenting: “We had a raft...
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