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F1 team bosses call for helmets for all in pitlane after German GP flying wheel incident

British cameraman sustained broken ribs after being hit by tyre

Leading team bosses have called for a clampdown on pitlane safety in the wake of the incident which saw a TV cameraman injured by a flying tyre in Sunday's German GP.

In the 2010 Hungarian GP a Williams mechanic was struck by a flying tyre which had worked its way loose from Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, an incident which earned the team a $50,000 fine. McLaren Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh suggested the sport as a whole had become "a little bit complacent" regarding pitlane safety. "The wheel came bouncing through the pit area, it was pretty scary," he told reporters. "Those of us who were around 25 years ago without speed limits could smell the inherent danger. We have become a little bit complacent."

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