Sebastian Vettel hit with three-place grid penalty

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Sebastian Vettel hit with three-place grid penalty

Published on 02 Oct 2016 13:45
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By: Dominik Wilde

Sebastian Vettel has been given a three-place grid penalty for next weekend's Japanese Grand Prix after causing an incident on the opening lap of the Malaysia Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver tagged the back of Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, destroying his suspension and sending the championship leader into a spin which dropped him to the back of the field and out of contention for the win.

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"I can’t do more than apologise to him [Rosberg] because it had nothing to do with him and it was the last thing he wanted," Vettel said afterwards.

The stewards also gave Vettel two points on his racing licence.

F1Grand Prix Malaysia - Race

Sepang International - 02 October 2016

Driver

Team

Time/Difference

Laps

Points
1

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

1h40

56

25.0
2

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

+ 2.443

56

18.0
3

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

+ 25.516

56

15.0
4

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

+ 28.785

56

12.0
5

Valtteri Bottas

Williams

+ 61.582

56

10.0
6

Sergio Perez

Force India

+ 63.794

56

8.0
7

Fernando Alonso

McLaren

+ 65.205

56

6.0
8

Nico Hülkenberg

Force India

+ 74.062

56

4.0
9

Jenson Button

McLaren

+ 81.816

56

2.0
10

Jolyon Palmer

Renault

+ 95.466

56

1.0
11

Carlos Sainz jr

Toro Rosso

+ 98.878

56

0.0
12

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

55

0.0
13

Felipe Massa

Williams

55

0.0
14

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

55

0.0
15

Pascal Wehrlein

Manor F1

55

0.0
16

Esteban Ocon

Manor F1

55

0.0

Did not finish
17

Felipe Nasr

Sauber

0

0.0
18

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

0

0.0
19

Esteban Gutierrez

Haas F1

0

0.0
20

Kevin Magnussen

Renault

0

0.0
21

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

0

0.0
22

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

0

0.0

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