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Raikkonen sent to the back of the grid

Kimi Raikkonen has been stripped of his fifth place on the Abu Dhabi grid after his Lotus failed a floor deflection test. In the wake of Saturday's qualifying at the Yas Marina circuit, Raikkonen's E21 and Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber were both put through an asymmetric LHS front floor deflection test by the FIA. Hulkenberg's car passed, Raikkonen's did not. "Car number 07 did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical Regulations as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied vertically to it at the point which lies 100mm of car centre line on the LHS," said a technical report by the FIA's Formula 1 technical delegate Jo...
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