Sebastian Vettel has classified the FIA as “not very professional” because the Formula 1 stewards needed some time to impose a penalty at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Vettel was given a 10-second stop-go penalty after Aston Martin failed to fit all four tires on his car before the five-minute signal before the Grand Prix.
The team had been working on Vettel’s car after having a braking problem on the way to the starting grid before the race.
Since the repairs were not completed in time, Vettel had to start from the pit lane and fell on the back of the grid.
Vettel served his penalty at the end of lap 21 and consolidated his place in the back of the field when he switched to slick tires early on.
As Vettel thought about the sentence he’d received, he was frustrated with how long it was taking the FIA to deliver a verdict.
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“Obviously the guys tried everything on the grid and I think they did really well,” said Vettel. “So you were very vigilant. But I think we could have had a better race if the FIA had been more alert.
“We broke a rule, so we got a penalty. They didn’t care [to issue it] until well into the race. At this point the penalty cost much more than at the start of the race.
“So that’s not very professional. But for us it was certainly not a decision-maker today. “
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FIA race director Michael Masi did not agree with Vettel’s opinion that the penalty decision had been slow.
“I don’t know how long it should be than it should have been,” said Masi. “It was obviously reported by the technical delegate that I needed to look at the reports, but once it was reported by the technical delegate, since it is the paper report that is displayed in the document management system, the stewards at that point had a report Adhere to the regulations, validate the evidence, and determine what the penalty was. “
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