FEATURE
F
errari driver Sebastian
Vettel believes that
Formula 1 set a bad
example by not penalising Nico
Rosberg for not slowing down
enough during a double waved
yellow period in qualifying for
the Hungarian Grand Prix,
and as a result the Mercedes
driver claimed pole position
for the race which sends the
wrong signal to drivers in junior
categories.
Vettel told media during the
weekend at Hungaroring, “The
worst thing about this is we are
an example. Next week there will
be a go karting race somewhere
and there will be a double waved
yellow somewhere because
somebody went off and marshals
will go out and help.”
“The way the kids think: I
don’t need to lift much because
in F1 it is okay, that is the
pinnacle and that is okay so that
is how we can behave.”
“That is what I don’t like
about it. In the past we didn’t
have the technology to time
the different sectors around the
track and only had sectors one,
two and three so the rule of
thumb was you are not allowed
to improve in a yellow sector.
Double yellow in the rule book
says be prepared to stop.”