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Grand Theft Auto: Vettel summoned to the stewards after commandeering a scooter

Aston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has received one of the more bizarre FIA summons we are likely to see this year after he commandeered a scooter during FP1 in Melbourne. Vettel has returned this weekend after missing the opening two rounds of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia through COVID, and he put 18 laps on the board in the first practice session on Friday before an engine failure cut his invaluable running short. He lived up to his “fireman Seb” nickname when he grabbed a fire extinguisher to deal with the smoke emanating from the back of his stricken car, before taking one of the marshals’ scooters and completing the rest of the lap back to the pits. READ: ‘Maybe...
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