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Latvala given suspended ban after hitting spectator in Monte Carlo

Video footage showed Latvala's Volkswagen knocking a fan to the ground as it went through a field on the way back onto the course on SS11 following an error. VW said it believed the spectator was uninjured in the incident. The Polo had travelled through a ditch and Latvala said mud and water was obscuring his view at the time.     A stewards' statement said Latvala had argued: "It was only when the visibility came back that he saw some people jumping to the side and at the same time he saw the possibility where he could get back onto the road. He added that he never thought [of] having hit someone." But the officials said on-board camera footage suggested Latvala would have...
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