Williams F1 Team Williams has been fined 60,000 Euros after a wheel nut detached from Pastor Maldonado's car during second practice for the Indian Grand Prix The team was fined for a similar offence in Japan, although in India the wheel did not fall off the car. ‘The stewards noted that in this case the wheel had been retained on the car and that the cross threading of the wheel fastener contributed to the fastener coming off the car', read the report. ‘Whilst the stewards accept that improvements to the wheel retaining system had been implemented, the team need to ensure that both the wheel and its fastener are fully retained on the car.' ‘The stewards decide that a fine...
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