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Webber fire casts doubts for Japan, prompts random fire truck

For the second race in a row, Mark Webber made a fiery exit from F1 proceedings, but the magnitude of his Korean conflagration could yet have an impact on his Japanese GP weekend. Already on the back foot after his unconventional mode of transport back to the pits in Singapore earned him a ten-place grid penalty, the Australian was making progress through the pack – and may even have been on course for a podium finish – when two unfortunate occurrences served to bring a premature end to his afternoon's endeavours. Having already made his second stop, Webber appeared to be sitting pretty when the safety car was summoned to retrieve the shed tread from Sergio Perez's right front tyre....
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