News Details

No penalty for Korea after fire truck incident

Organisers of the Korean grand prix will escape sanction, even though a fire vehicle was deployed onto the racing line during Sunday's race. The future of the Yeongam race was already under a dark cloud before the bizarre incident, in which leader Sebastian Vettel was stunned to find himself bearing down on a 4x4. "I think it was a Hyundai or Kia SUV," said the German. "You want the number plate? It was not Bernd Maylander's, so it was not the safety car." Korean officials had made a mistake, but it is not quite as serious an error as it first appeared. Indeed, race director Charlie Whiting admitted that, although surprised to see the 4x4 on the track, he had in fact...
Full Story »
12y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Fire tender vehicle provides bizarre Korean Grand Prix...

Fire tender vehicle provides bizarre Korean Grand Prix moment 6 October,...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

FIA admits they requested fire truck

The FIA has admitted it called for a fire truck to attend the scene of...
12y ago from TheF1Times.com

'Disciplined' Vettel keeps marching forward in Korea

Sebastian Vettel notched up four wins from the latest back-to-back races...
12y ago from Crash.net

Fire truck sparks confusion

The future of the Korean GP is set to be plunged into fresh doubt after a...
12y ago from SkySports.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Feature: RLL’s split fortunes in Barber highlight...

At the most recent IndyCar race from Barber Motorsports Park, Graham...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry on top in Croatia

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are on track to claim Hyundai’s...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Player ratings: Arsenal 1-2 Bournemouth

Arsenal were dismal in defeat as they hosted Bournemouth in the lunchtime...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'It’s a big problem' - Former Premier League star...

Former Premier League player, Yannick Bolasie, has slammed Arsenal duo,...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Talks ongoing for months as Arsenal look to snap up...

AS Monaco attacker Maghnes Akliouche has been linked with a move away from...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Didn’t help' - Arsenal star places blame on 'dry...

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyökeres blamed the ‘dry pitch’ at the...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.