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Incredible moment Romain Grosjean leans out of MOVING CAR to catch stray hubcap before Austin GP

Frenchman Grosjean is 13th in the driver standings but crashed out early on in Texas

ROMAIN GROSJEAN grabbed a stray hubcap off the Austin track while leaning out a moving car before the U.S. Grand Prix.

Haas driver Grosjean leaned down and plucked the loose hubcap off the Texan tarmac before the big race.

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Romain Grosjean caught a hubcap out of a moving car on the Texas trackCredit: AP:Associated Press

The French driver returned the debris to the garage and may as well have stayed there.

Grosjean became the second driver to retire after being involved in a collision with Charles Le Clerc. He lasted just five laps.

Fernando Alonso was also sent out the race after the incident.

Elsewhere, Lewis Hamilton was looking to secure his fifth world title.

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Grosjean leaned out of a moving car and picked up a stray hubcap
Grosjean's afternoon didn't go well though as he crashed out in five lapsCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Lewis Hamilton is closing in on a fifth world titleCredit: PA:Press Association

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