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FIA to review procedures following recovery crane incident

As the chaotic Istanbul weekend continued, fans were shocked this afternoon when the green light was given for Q2 whilst marshals were still removing Nicholas Latifi's stricken Williams from the gravel trap at Turn 8. Echoes of Jules Bianchi's accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix came to mind as cars made their way around the track in difficult conditions whilst a recovery crane was being removed after lifting the Williams to safety. Normally, officials at the scene of the incident keep race control informed of progress and this information is passed on to the race director, Michael Masi. It's understood that race control was informed that the recovery crane would be clear by the time...
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