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FIA removes force majeure allowance
In order to avoid scenarios similar to that at the Spanish and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix this season, the FIA has scrapped the regulation that provides teams to reason with ‘force majeure’ for failing to complete their in-laps. At the two events, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel failed to return to the pits and stopped their cars on the track during qualifying. McLaren’s ‘force majeure’ was rejected at Catalunya however Red Bull’s similar reason was accepted in Abu Dhabi. Both drivers, however, were found to be running in cars with insufficient fuel and consequently against the regulations. As a result, they were penalised by having their qualifying times...
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