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Steiner: Drain cover incident 'not acceptable'

– Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner labelled Romain Grosjean's crash during second practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as unacceptable, after the Frenchman hit a loose drain cover.The drain cover had been loosened at the exit of Turn 12 had been loosened by Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, and while the pursuing Kimi Räikkönen did not run over the debris, Grosjean was less fortunate.Grosjean struck the drain cover – which was sticking up – and the impact destroyed his rear-right tyre, with the rubber ripped from the rim, sending the VF-17 spinning into the barriers.Grosjean's car sustained substantial damage in the incident, which left Steiner angry."I think from his point...
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