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Malaysia track given all-clear
Formula One inspectors have given the Sepang circuit the all-clear, race organisers said on Saturday, after a loose drain caused a shocking tyre explosion during Malaysian Grand Prix practice on Friday. Romain Grosjean's Haas was flung into the barriers at high speed on Friday after a drain grille, which should have been welded down securely, popped up at a kerb on turn nine after Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari drove over it. "All drain covers were inspected last night. It was reinforced – double checked, triple checked," the Sepang circuit's CEO Razlan Razali told AFP on Saturday. "If FIA do not say anything the race is good to go. We only listen to the FIA," he added...
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