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Haas seeks hefty compensation for Grosjean drain-cover crash

Haas has put a number on the damage caused by a loose drain cover in Sepang which pitched Romain Grosjean into the barriers at high speed. The French driver hit the raised cover at Turn 12 which sliced a tyre on the Haas, sending car and driver off the track, fortunately with no physical consequences for Grosjean. Given the extensive damage inflicted to its car, estimated at approximately $750,000, Haas has raised the issue of compensation with the FIA. Grosjean unhurt after scary FP2 crash in Malaysia "Oh yeah absolutely, you have to, " Steiner said. "It was completely out of our hands. I cannot say 'OK we now let three quarters of a million go because somebody forgot to...
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