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Grosjean: Hamilton spared for title fight

Romain Grosjean believes Lewis Hamilton avoided a grid penalty in Britain only because of his position in the title fight. Hamilton, who lies 20 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the race for this year's World title, faced a stewards' investigation for blocking Grosjean in qualifying. But while the stewards stated that 'Grosjean may potentially have been affected by the presence of Hamilton', they ruled that he was 'not impeded.' The Haas driver isn't impressed. 'Surprised by the wording,' he told Crash.net. '‘Driver behind has not been impeded'. If losing 0.3 to 0.4s in one corner is not being impeded I'm very surprised. 'I think it opens room for mess in qualifying and the rules is...
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