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Vettel handed grid penalty for Alonso block

Sebastian Vettel will drop from eighth to 11th on the Austrian GP grid after being given a penalty for blocking Fernando Alonso in qualifying. A three-place grid drop was applied by stewards to the four-time world champion on Saturday evening after he inadvertently got in the way of Alonso ahead of the Alpine driver's final lap of Q2, an incident that forced the Spaniard to abort the attempt and qualify a frustrated 14th. Although Vettel said others caused the problem by overtaking him in a queue at the end of the lap, and Alonso did not directly blame his old title rival either, the Aston Martin driver was penalised as he was still the car that the Alpine was directly impeded by. Max...
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