(CNN) -- Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has warned of the dangers of working in a Formula One pit lane after a wheel from one of the team's cars came loose and struck a cameraman.
Paul Allen, who was working for Formula One Management at Sunday's German Grand Prix, was hospitalized with a broken collarbone and cracked ribs.
The incident occurred when Red Bull's Australian driver Mark Webber came in for a pit stop on lap nine of the race at the Nurburgring Circuit.
The right rear tire of Webber's car was not fitted properly and came off as he pulled away from the garage, with the wheel hitting Allen, who was facing in the opposite direction.
The important role of motorsport's marshals has been highlighted by the death of Canadian Mark Robinson as Esteban Gutierrez's Sauber was removed from the track after the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix.
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"The most important thing today is that the cameraman who got struck by the tire does not appear to have suffered any life-threatening injuries," Horner told the sport's official website.
"It's a timely reminder that working in the pit lane is dangerous. Everyone reacted incredibly quickly and the most important thing is to hear that he seems to be fundamentally OK.
"We need to understand what went wrong in that first pit stop for Mark, but as I said, our main concern today is knowing that the cameraman is OK."
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Force India were also fined €5,000 ($6,400) after driver Paul Di Resta pulled out into the path of Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne when exiting the pit lane.
On the track it was a good day for Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel extending his lead in the world championship by taking the checkered flag at his home grand prix for the first time in his career.
Triple world champion Vettel, bidding to win a fourth successive drivers' title, is now 34 points clear of second-place Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso.
Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen was hot on the heels of Vettel in the closing stages, but the German hung on for his fourth race win of the year.
"It was a tough race; it was one of the toughest for a long time," said the 26-year-old Vettel. "I'm happy the race wasn't two or three laps longer, as Kimi was a bit quicker towards the end.
"I'm very happy that it worked out and it's very special. The team worked really hard to give me the chance to win this weekend and we got it."
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There will be close to 1200 volunteers on duty at the British Grand Prix. At the 2012 race they were on hand to help deal with the wet weather at Silverstone.
Some of the marshals communicate messages from race control to the Formula One drivers. Here a red flag, shown at the Monaco Grand Prix, means the track session has been stopped.
The marshals are on hand to remove debris from track -- and push cars away to safety. Here they help Pastor Maldonado after his Williams comes to a halt in Monaco.
The marshals are also first on the scene when the drivers crash. They are trained in how to support a driver's neck before the medical team arrive. They they were on hand at Felipe Massa's heavy crash at Hungary in 2009.
F1's global marshals are as integral to the sport as the drivers. Here some of the Indian Grand Prix marshals meet Red Bull racer Mark Webber in 2012.
Mark Webber suffered some damage to his front wing soon after the start of the race and the Australian slipped to 15th on lap one. But the Australian made a superb recovery to finish second.
Hamilton lead in the early stages of the race, but then disaster struck.....
Hamilton's hopes of a home win at Silverstone ended after just eight laps when his Mercedes suffered a puncture.
Not for the first time this season, tires played a key part in how the race panned out.
Championship leader Sebastian Vettel had looked set for victory but had to retire with gearbox problems.
Hamilton recovered to finish fouth, but was unhappy about the tire problems drivers experienced at Silverstone.
Nico Rosberg raced to his first British Grand Prix victory and second of the season as tire problems dominate at Silverstone.
The previous season, Honda powered Brazilian Nelson Piquet to his third and final world title at the end of its relationship with the Williams team.
The Japanese car manufacturer decided to go it alone in 2006, announcing the Honda Racing team would join the F1 grid. It last ran an independent team in 1968.
There was an early highlight for Honda as Jenson Button won a wet 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix -- but it was to be Honda's only victory during its three-year return to the grid.
Honda underlined its interest in greener issues with its "Earth Car." The livery was made up of pledges from its F1 fans to make environmental changes to their lifestyle. The car, which ran in 2007, was also unusual as it did not feature advertising on race days.
After a four-year absence from F1, Honda announced it will renew its relationship with McLaren by supplying engines to the British team in 2015.
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