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Pastor Maldonado picks up penalty point for Ericsson incident

Brazilian Grand Prix – Lotus' Pastor Maldonado has been given a penalty point and time penalty for his mid-race incident with Sauber's Marcus Ericsson. Halfway through the race, Maldonado attempted to pass the Sauber into Turn 1. His right front wheel tagged the left rear of Ericsson's C34 and spin the Swedish driver around. While both were able to continue, Race Control announced that they were going to investigate the incident. Maldonado was given a five second time penalty, and also slapped with a penalty point. This means he is now up to 6 penalty points for the current 12 month period, meaning he is halfway to a race ban. The Lotus driver finished the race in P11, and said that...
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