Marussia Virgin has been fined €5,000 (£4,300) by FIA race stewards after a wheel flew off Timo Glock’s car in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
Virgin was involved in a pit lane battle with HRT when the German was released too soon, with the left-rear wheel duly making its way from the car as Glock became the first retirement at Turn 4.
The unsafe pit lane release resulted in the fine for a breach of Article 23.1 (j) of the Sporting Regulations, which states that:
‘It is the responsibility of the competitor to release his car after a pit stop only when it is safe to do so.’
- Glock's incident can be viewed at GPUpdate TV
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:32:17.464 |
| 2. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | +16.983 |
| 3. | J. Button | McLaren | +27.638 |
| 4. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +35.048 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +1:06.733 |
| 6. | A. Sutil | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 7. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +1 Lap |
| 8. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 9. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1 Lap |
| 10. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | +1 Lap |
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