Thieves rob Minardi wheel rims in Brazil

Minardi protested to Formula One's ruling body today after suffering the latest robbery at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Minardi protested to Formula One's ruling body today after suffering the latest robbery at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The theft of seven wheel rims from the supposedly secure team garages overnight at Interlagos came a day after team manager Tony Lees was robbed at gunpoint in Sao Paulo.

"We've just written a fairly strongly worded letter to the FIA [Automobile Federation] about it," team spokesman Graham Jones.

It was the second theft of team equipment from the paddock. The Jaguar team had seven laptop computers stolen from their garages on Wednesday night.

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Spokesman James Thomas said one of them had important Cosworth engine data on it which the team had to download again from the factory. Reuters