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Vettel handed grid penalty for impeding Sainz

Sebastian Vettel, who qualified third for tomorrow's Austrian Grand Prix, will now start the race from the third row after the stewards found that he impeded Carlos Sainz during the second phase of today's session. 'Car 5 (Vettel) had just finished a push lap and was on an in lap, travelling quite slowly into and around turn 1, on the racing line. The driver conceded that he had passed car 55 (Sainz) between turns 7 and 8 but assumed it had pitted after,' said the stewards in their statement. 'However, car 55 was actually commencing a push lap and closed on car 5 rapidly along the pit straight and into turn 1. During evidence, the driver of car 55 stated that he felt the driver of car 5...
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