News Details

Vettel backtracks, admits he ignored team orders

In another twist to the controversy in Malaysia, Sebastian Vettel has now conceded that he did get the call from the team to stay behind team-mate Mark Webber, but that he opted to ignore it.Vettel apologised to Webber after the race, but in an interview with Sky Sports F1 alluded to the fact that he wasn't aware that they had been instructed to hold station following the fourth and final round of stops."I messed up today, I apologise for that but right now I want to say the truth. I wasn't aware of it [the team orders] otherwise I wouldn't take that much risk to pass someone I'm not supposed to pass at that moment,” he said.“But obviously just before we got out on the podium, I...
Full Story »
13y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel takes controversial Malaysia win

Sebastian Vettel led home team mate Mark Webber in the Malaysian Grand...
13y ago from F1Zone.net

Webber unhappy after losing Malaysia win

By Editor on Sunday, March 24, 2013 Mark Webber hit out at team mate...
13y ago from F1Zone.net

Webber feels slighted as Vettel ignores team orders

Mark Webber was visibly upset and displeased on the podium in Malaysia...
13y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi leaves Jerez MotoGP ‘satisfied'...

Marco Bezzecchi felt he achieved the best possible result with second...
23m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Marquez: ‘I don’t have the answers’ to...

Alex Marquez admitted that he didn’t “have the answers” to explain...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Katherine Legge confirmed for Indy 500 with AJ Foyt

AJ Foyt Racing has announced that it will field a third entry in this...
53m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar to limit entries to those holding a charter

The NTT IndyCar Series has confirmed that future races will be limited to...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg crashes out of Rally Islas Canarias

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson have crashed out of Rally Islas...

Sebastien Ogier dominates Rally Islas Canarias

Sebastien Ogier and Vincent Landais headed a Toyota one-two-three-four in...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“These are the players you support” - Martin Keown...

Martin Keown believes Martin Zubimendi needs support from his Arsenal...
53m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal find a way as Chelsea bounce back to reach FA...

Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Dan Bardell and Sam Dalling to...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Andrea Berta pictured with club president as Arsenal...

Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta has been spotted attending a...
33m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Gary Lineker issues warning to Arsenal, names team who...

The Premier League title race is delivering maximum drama, and we are...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.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.