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'Very dangerous' Maldonado runs rival off F1 track
SILVERSTONE, England -- Williams driver Pastor Maldonado was fined and accused of being "very dangerous" for Formula One after ending a rival's race for a second successive grand prix on Sunday.
The Venezuelan was hit with a C10,000 ($12,300) fine and reprimanded by stewards at the British Grand Prix after a collision with Sergio Perez shunted the Sauber driver off the track and out of the race at Silverstone.
Two weeks ago, Maldonado received a 20-second penalty at the European Grand Prix, knocking him out of the points, after crashing into Lewis Hamilton and sending the McLaren into a wall.
The controversies have taken the gloss off Maldonado's first-ever win, at the Spanish Grand Prix in May, with Perez demanding tougher action against him. "He is a very stupid driver. He ran Hamilton out of the race in Valencia," Perez said.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 9, 2012 C4
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