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FIA to investigate unsafe releases

The FIA is to launch an investigation into the rise in unsafe releases at pit stops, with race director Charlie Whiting saying the incidents are "looking less and less like a coincidence". Ferrari mechanic Francesco Cigarini suffered a double leg fracture in Sunday's Bahrain GP after Kimi Raikkonen was given the green light to leave his pit box before his left rear tyre had been replaced. When's the Chinese GP on Sky? Qualifying underway at 7am, and race start at 7.10am on Sunday - exclusively live on Sky F1 Ferrari were fined 50,000 euros for the incident, which was the team's second unsafe release of the weekend after Raikkonen pulled over in Practice Two with a loose wheel....
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