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Stroll Gets Grid Penalty for Blocking Grosjean, Moves Up a Place

Lance Stroll will move up a position on the grid from his 17th place in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix, despite being levied a three place penalty for blocking Romain Grosjean in Q1. Grosjean had encountered the very slow Stroll when piling into the penultimate corner on a hot lap, committing to the outside to pass the Williams, and being forced to brake hard and escape into the runoff when Stroll also pulled right. While a penalty seemed likely at first glance, the stewards deemed leniency towards Stroll was necessary given the circumstances of the mix-up. 'The stewards examined multiple angles of video evidence, including CCTV not available on the broadcast and radio calls...
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