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Lotus on podium as bailiffs arrive

Lotus's Romain Grosjean was crying into his helmet on the last lap of a fairytale drive to third place at the Belgian Grand Prix that provided a redemptive feel-good story for driver and team. Three years ago at the same Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the Frenchman caused a multi-car first-lap accident that eliminated world champions Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso on the spot and earned him a one-race ban. Archive: 2012 Belgian Grand Prix highlights Such sanctions are very rare in Formula 1 but Grosjean was a repeat offender - it was his sixth first-lap incident of the 2012 season, with another accident occurring on the second lap. He missed the Italian Grand Prix, returned in Singapore...
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