News Details

Drivers ‘Whinging and Complaining’ to Blame for Harsh Penalties – Vettel

Sebastian Vettel feels drivers can only have themselves to blame for the kind of penalties they are being handed for incidents due to their ‘whinging and complaining’. The Scuderia Ferrari driver was handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Carlos Sainz Jr. during Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon, with the German revealing that he was not made aware of the situation by his team on the pit wall. Vettel feels that the constant moaning in recent years has meant stewards have been forced to take more draconian decisions about punishing drivers for their misdemeanours, with the German having the thought that it should be left to the drivers to sort it out...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Vettel says drivers are to blame for excessive...

Sebastian Vettel claims Formula 1 drivers, including himself, are to...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

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

Although up until now stewards have had to look at the incident and not...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Vettel: Drivers should be left to sort things out on...

Sebastian Vettel says that he feels race stewards are becoming too...
6y ago from F1i.com

FIA looking to revise penalties after Vettel's...

Charlie Whiting has confirmed he and the stewards are discussing whether...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez bemoans ‘boring' MotoGP Japanese GP...

Marc Marquez admits that this weekend’s Motegi MotoGP race was “a...

Pedro Acosta admits KTM not on Ducati's ‘level...

Pedro Acosta has admitted that KTM isn't on Ducati's 'level at the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar announces new street race around Dallas...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced today that Arlington, Texas will be the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Ricciardo spotted with NEW 'team' after F1 axe

Daniel Ricciardo has been spotted with a ‘new... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Red Bull boss blames girlfriend for F1 stars' downfall

A Red Bull boss has blamed a ‘girlfriend’ for... Read More »
5h ago from GPFans.com

Verstappen takes legal action after Norris 'dig'

Max Verstappen has taken legal action by... Read More »
9h ago from GPFans.com

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.