Austrian Grand Prix
Vettel penalty, Austrian GP 2022€25,000 fine for behaviour in drivers' meeting
OutcomeFine of €25,000 - Suspended
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Vettel
- What happened
- Behaviour during the Drivers’ Meeting at 19:30 on 8 July.
- Regulation cited
- Art. 20.1, Art. 12.2.1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The driver, Sebastian Vettel, left the drivers’ meeting that was held at 19:30 on Friday 8 July, without permission, and expressing frustration at the meeting. Drivers are not free to leave when they want, this being a breach of the requirement to attend. Drivers at this level are role models for every driver around the world and in the opinion of the Stewards Vettel failed to live up to that s… full reasoning ↗
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