As per the latest news, Sebastian Vettel has been given a three-place grid punishment at the Japanese Grand Prix for bringing on a first-corner crash in Malaysia.
Stewards chose the Ferrari driver was “transcendently” in charge of a crash that brought on Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg to turn and drop back.
They decided that “in spite of the fact that the cars required in the occurrence were all going at moderately comparative rate” Vettel ought to be rebuffed in light of the fact that he had made Rosberg “lose different positions”.
The Japanese Grand Prix happens next Sunday at the Suzuka Circuit, 30 miles from Japan’s third-biggest city, Nagoya.
Vettel has likewise been given two punishment focuses on his permit for the episode.
The four-time champion felt the conflict was a “racing episode” however stewards said he had made a “little mistake”.
The choice was made despite the fact that the stewards acknowledged Vettel’s clarification he had not been going unreasonably quick.
Verstappen said: “I braked late but I was still behind Nico, and then Sebastian just dived up the inside, just went really deep and there was definitely no space for that and he T-boned Nico.”
Rosberg said: “Oh, I just got T-boned by a four-time world champion out of control!”
Vettel said: “If anything I was braking the same point as him [Verstappen]. I was going side by side, he was squeezing me down to the inside. It’s racing.
“I think both of us will make the corner, not a problem. Obviously Nico decided to take a different line, he’s ahead, he’s got nothing to do with it and doesn’t have to bother what people are doing behind.
“I think there are two things that are wrong. First that Nico, without any blame, gets turned around. And second that I’m standing here and the race is still going on.”
“Racing him is moving around, everybody knows by now,” Vettel said.
“If you get squeezed to the inside your angle doesn’t get any better for Turn One, and then it was, I don’t know the word, it was quite bad, the angle.
“I was trying to do everything to turn and get the corner. I do get the corner no problem, I’m not braking too late. Nico obviously tries to cut back, I guess to fight Lewis. At that point we made contact.”
