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Grosjean escapes penalty after floor fails test

Romain Grosjean has narrowly escaped disqulification from qualifying after his Lotus failed scrutineering on Saturday evening. In particular, his E21 failed the front-floor deflection test which would usually see a driver penalised for infringing the technical regulations. A statement issued by the stewards read: "Car number 08 did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied vertically to it at the point which lies 100mm [from the] car centre line on the RHS." However the Lotus team argued that his car was damaged after a heavy impact with a kerb which broke the...
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