( 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 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. '' CNN 's F1 interactive Nurburgring Circuit . Force India were also fined â‚¬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 was n'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 . ''
Red Bull 's team principal reiterates dangers of F1 after cameraman injured . A loose wheel struck Sebastian Vettel and broke his collarbone at this weekend 's German Grand Prix . The incident occured after a pit stop by Mark Webber during the ninth lap . Red Bull Mark Webber took the checkered flag at his home grand prix .