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'I slowed because I saw sparks' - Raikkonen on pit bungle

Kimi Raikkonen says Ferrari has yet to determine why the rear wheel nut on his car was not fitted correctly following his third and final fateful stop in Sunday's United States Grand Prix. Raikkonen was on an aggressive three-stop strategy when he pitted on lap 38. However, as he was exciting the pits he was told to stop and he then had to reverse back into the pit lane to retire. The Scuderia was subsequently fined 5000 Euros by the FIA for an unsafe release. “Obviously we had some issues with the pit-stop and the tyre was never tightened 100 per cent,” Raikkonen said. “It was attached somehow because it didn't come off and the nut was on when I stopped. But we noticed something was...
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