News Details

FIA looking to revise penalties after Vettel's incident last weekend

Charlie Whiting has confirmed he and the stewards are discussing whether to change the way penalties are dished out after Vettel's five-second penalty last weekend. On the opening lap of the French Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel drove into the back of Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes. Whilst both drivers managed to continue the race, Bottas had a puncture and Vettel needed a nose job. The stewards handed the German with a five-second penalty, but he finished better off than his Mercedes rival. As a result of the puncture, Bottas caused damage to the floor of the car meaning he lost some downforce. Charlie Whiting confirmed he and his team are looking at altering the procedure. “The stewards...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

FIA reviewing penalties in the wake of Vettel's 5s

Although up until now stewards have had to look at the incident and not...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Power Unit Elements Usage So Far in 2018

Ferrari, Renault, and Honda have all introduced upgraded engines at the...

Hartley to start last after engine penalties

Brendon Hartley’s difficult season is set to continue after Honda...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Raikkonen: "Zero interest" in discussing...

Kimi Raikkonen says he has "zero interest" in discussing his...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar partners with iRacing for standalone video...

The NTT IndyCar Series will feature in a new branded video game title,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal target pushing to join Gunners this summer,...

Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie is reportedly pushing to join...
19m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Blockbuster Champions League draw is intriguing but...

s will continue to lap up massive games but perhaps the teams involved...
10h ago from TheGuardian.com

Havertz undergoes knee surgery - but Arsenal hopeful...

Arsenal forward Kai Havertz has undergone surgery for his knee injury.
10h ago from SkySports.com

Champions League draw: Alexander-Arnold primed for...

t;li>Draw also pits De Bruyne against Manchester CityArsenal set for...
11h ago from TheGuardian.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.