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No penalty for Korea after fire truck incident

Organisers of the Korean grand prix will escape sanction, even though a fire vehicle was deployed onto the racing line during Sunday's race. The future of the Yeongam race was already under a dark cloud before the bizarre incident, in which leader Sebastian Vettel was stunned to find himself bearing down on a 4x4. "I think it was a Hyundai or Kia SUV," said the German. "You want the number plate? It was not Bernd Maylander's, so it was not the safety car." Korean officials had made a mistake, but it is not quite as serious an error as it first appeared. Indeed, race director Charlie Whiting admitted that, although surprised to see the 4x4 on the track, he had in fact...
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