News Details

Vettel escapes sanction for first lap incident

Sebastian Vettel has escaped sanction following an alleged breach of the rules when he cut the track in the stadium section on the opening lap of the Mexican Grand Prix. The German was called to see the stewards after the race to explain his actions in missing out Turn 13 as he returned to the pits following his first corner puncture. Article 20.2 of F1's Sporting Regulations states that: "A driver may not deliberately leave the track without justifiable reason." But after the stewards reviewed video evidence of the incident, and spoke to the Ferrari driver, it was decided he had not done anything to warrant a sanction because of the rear puncture he had. A statement from the FIA...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Booth and Lowdon set to leave Manor

Manor Racing team principal John Booth and sporting director Graeme...
10y ago from Crash.net

Manor Marussia bosses set to leave F1 team

Uncertainty surrounded the Manor Marussia Formula One team on Friday...
10y ago from SuperSport.com

United States Grand Prix – Gritty podium for Seb

Vettel comes third and Kimi has to retire after an off-track excursion....
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Räikkönen takes full blame for crash

– Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen has taken the blame after he...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Motorsport legend Alex Zanardi dies aged 59

Ex-F1 and CART driver Alex Zanardi has passed away aged 59. His family...

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arsenal have flipped the pressure on to Man City in...

Arsenal have "flipped the pressure" on to Man City in the...
45m ago from SkySports.com

Arteta urges Arsenal to ‘use momentum’ from Fulham...

t;li>Arsenal put pressure on Manchester City with 3-0 winFirst-half...
25m ago from TheGuardian.com

'I better play Tuesday!' | Merse and Lewis-Skelly...

Myles Lewis-Skelly reflects on his hug with Mikel Arteta at full-time...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Pundit says Arsenal star produced his ‘best ever’...

Arsenal forward Viktor Gyokeres has produced what has been his finest...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

LIVE: 2026 F1 Miami Grand Prix - Qualifying

Follow all the action live as the grid is set for... Read More »
1h ago from RacingNews365.com

Miami Grand Prix - Sprint Race results

Full results from the Sprint race for the Miami... Read More »
3h ago from F1i.com

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.