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Stewards hit Vettel with grid drop and penalty points!

Sebastian Vettel's opening F1 weekend just went from bad to worse, with the Bahrain GP stewards sending the Aston Martin driver to the back of the grid for a yellow flag infringement in qualifying. Vettel was caught out at the end of Q1 by a yellow flag deployed at Turn 1 sparked by a spin by Haas' Nikita Mazepin. The incident deprived Vettel of a final attempt to make the Q2 cut, but also prompted an investigation by the stewards over a potential double yellow flags breach by the German driver. Vettel was heard by the stewards on Sunday, but the latter eventually deemed that the Aston Martin driver, contrary to several of his rivals who had also arrived at Turn 1, had failed to respect...
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