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Whiting Justifies Hülkenberg Penalty despite Grosjean Comparisons to 2012
Charlie Whiting has said that whilst there are direct comparisons to the first corner crashes in the 2012 and 2018 Belgian Grand Prix, the penalties handed out were wildly different, but this is down to the penalty points system that was introduced in 2014. Romain Grosjean was handed a one-race ban in 2012 for taking out a number of cars on the run down to turn one, including Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, whilst Alonso was again involved in 2018 as Nico Hülkenberg earned himself a ten-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix and three points on his Superlicence for his part in the La Source crash. Whilst Hülkenberg openly admitted responsibility for the incident, he was never...
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