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Red Bull criticizes Vettel penalty
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July 25, 2012, Wednesday
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RED Bull criticized the International Motoring Federation for its decision to penalize Sebastian Vettel for a manoeuvre during the German Grand Prix.
The defending two-time champion was handed a 20-second penalty by stewards at the Hockenheim circuit after officials deemed that his move to pass Jenson Button on the penultimate lap was in violation of the rules.
The German was consequently stripped of his second-place finish, with Button promoted to the second step of the podium and Vettel demoted to fifth.
Team advisor Helmut Marko said the sanction amounted "to condemning a chicken thief to the death penalty".
Marko, a former Austrian F1 driver, said Vettel's manoeuvre that resulted in the German running off the track was "normal". "There was no particular advantage and therefore I didn't see any fault. We believe we are in the right."
Marko also pointed out that a similar move by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on Nico Rosberg in Bahrain in April did not incur any punishment.
The defending two-time champion was handed a 20-second penalty by stewards at the Hockenheim circuit after officials deemed that his move to pass Jenson Button on the penultimate lap was in violation of the rules.
The German was consequently stripped of his second-place finish, with Button promoted to the second step of the podium and Vettel demoted to fifth.
Team advisor Helmut Marko said the sanction amounted "to condemning a chicken thief to the death penalty".
Marko, a former Austrian F1 driver, said Vettel's manoeuvre that resulted in the German running off the track was "normal". "There was no particular advantage and therefore I didn't see any fault. We believe we are in the right."
Marko also pointed out that a similar move by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on Nico Rosberg in Bahrain in April did not incur any punishment.
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