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Van der Garde gets British GP grid penalty

Giedo van der Garde has been handed a five-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix after the stewards deemed him to have ignored blue flags. The Caterham driver had already been given a drive-through penalty for colliding with Mark Webber who was coming up to lap the Dutchman. The stewards then found he held up Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg for a full lap, despite being shown the blue warning flags, which indicate a driver must move aside to let those behind past. "Car 21 [Van der Garde] was given blue flags for a full lap. Car 11 [Hulkenberg] had to use DRS and full KERS in order to overtake a lapped car," read the steward's statement. He will therefore start five places lower...
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