Maldonado excluded from qualifying for fuel breach

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Lotus's Pastor Maldonado has been excluded from the results of qualifying in Great Britain after his car was found to be carrying an insufficient amount of fuel to provide the mandatory post-session sample.

The Venezuelan lapped in 1m 44.018s in Q2 - good enough for 15th place - but subsequently parked his E22 at the side of the track after his fuel tank ran dry - something Lotus put down to a 'fuel calculation error'