Vettel summoned to stewards over his ‘behaviour at a drivers’ meeting’

29 comments on “Vettel summoned to stewards over his ‘behaviour at a drivers’ meeting’”

1. 

   SpaFrancorchamps (@spafrancorchamps)
   9th July 2022, 17:07

   Vettel is becoming more annoying every weekend it seems. Wouldn’t be bothered if he takes his woke moral superiority somewhere else next year.
   1. 

      Maciek (@maciek)
      9th July 2022, 17:21

      Wouldn’t be bothered if people stopped using the word ‘woke’ to dismiss criticism of outdated stuff just so they don’t have to think about it instead of dismissing it out of hand.
      1. 

         SjaakFoo (@sjaakfoo)
         9th July 2022, 17:28

         I dunno, I find it fairly handy to filter out the people to ignore from the regular folks.
         1. 

            Maciek (@maciek)
            9th July 2022, 17:45

            Well then do tell, what’s your definition of regular?
         2. 

            Erix
            10th July 2022, 3:17

            Another to-do-checklist-before retired.
      2. 

         James (@laughingorc)
         9th July 2022, 18:10

         Man, this. I find it amazing how being ‘woke’ is apparently a bad thing. Yeah it’s awful for a public figure like Seb to use his platform to speak out about genuine issues like social justice and climate change. How dare he try to encourage the world to change for the better to be more inclusive and considerate. It’s clearly better to just bury your head in the sand and pretend the problems don’t exist 🙄
         1. 

            neiana
            9th July 2022, 18:38

            @laughingorc the best part is Seb wasn’t angry about a ‘woke’ topic at all, but about track limits lol
            1. 

               James (@laughingorc)
               9th July 2022, 18:39

               That’s an excellent point 🤣
         2. 

            jane stillman
            9th July 2022, 19:43

            I so agree with you. He actually acts on what he says – not like others who just talk about things and do nothing
   2. 

      anon
      9th July 2022, 17:23

      @spafrancorchamps so, what happened to the rants from yourself and so many others about “freedom of speech” in the past? If you are so insistent on that right, then you should, rather than trying to silence him, stop complaining and insist to all of the other posters here that he has the right to express himself as freely as he wants.
   3. 

      Johnny
      9th July 2022, 17:48

      @SpaFrancorchamps you sound like you’d fit right at home in @CharlotteNorthCarolina
   4. 

      Nuckley Brake
      9th July 2022, 18:37

      While Seb has done more than his share of virtue signalling, this one seems to be about track limits violations and inconsistency in rule enforcement
2. 

   Markus (@)
   9th July 2022, 17:10

   He has more to say on the track than off it.

   His time is long gone.
   1. 

      D.Duck
      9th July 2022, 17:19

      Not much he can say ON track with the pile of 5H1+ he’s driving, but he’s definitely talking too much sh it e off track!! Time he went off to do a bit more husband and daddy duties. He’s getting tedious lately!😝😳🤣🤣
3. 

   Barry Bens (@barryfromdownunder)
   9th July 2022, 17:10

   The grin on Sebs face in the chosen picture sums up these cases from the FIA. The one from Horner that is (and Vettel, not the Russian one, that one is obviously extreme).

   One should be able to provide feedback, both positive and negative…
4. 

   David
   9th July 2022, 17:13

   this is ridiculous – again. horner said something to the press, vettel said something behind closed doors. is it also forbidden from now on?
5. 

   Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
   9th July 2022, 17:16

   Really depends what was said…
   1. 

      David
      9th July 2022, 17:19

      probably vettel was late or not present on the briefing, a team manager also called to the stewards. “At each Event where a sprint session is scheduled, Meetings, chaired by the Race Director, will take place two (2) hours before the start of P1, one (1) hour after the end of P1 and one and a half (1.5) hours after the end of the qualifying practice session. The first must be attended by all team managers and the second and third by all drivers and team managers.”
6. 

   Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
   9th July 2022, 17:25

   While I don’t have any idea of the contest of the incidents nor the words pronounced by Seb but lately he is becoming more and more annoying. When I listen to him, he comes for me as those woke democrat politicians captured by the far left activists. The hysteria and extremism driving these woke people is going to destroy the world.
   1. 

      Proesterchen (@proesterchen)
      9th July 2022, 17:45

      It’s probably not a good sign that you couldn’t even come up with enough talking points that you had to repeat “woke” twice in as many sentences. It was also repetitive.
7. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   9th July 2022, 17:27

   Weird stuff & highly unusual.
8. 

   bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
   9th July 2022, 17:32

   I don’t think it is worth us speculating if we don’t know what was said or to whom. I’ve found drivers briefings to be an open and honest discussion behind closed doors. I’m not sure what ‘moral injury to the FIA’ means no more than ‘conspiracy to cause a nuisance’ means when the protesters were charged after Silverstone. I’m sure it’ll come out in good time.
9. 

   Griffin
   9th July 2022, 17:41

   Did he glue himself to something?
10. 

    David
    9th July 2022, 17:44

    Decision
    Fine of €25,000 – Suspended.

    Reason
    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 standard in this case.
    Subsequently Vettel had a meeting with the Race Director, who informed the
    Stewards that Vettel apologized without reservation, and that further, they had a very
    constructive conversation covering the topics in the meeting and more. The Stewards
    determine that there is a breach, which cannot go without penalty, but that based on
    the report from the Race Director there are factors in mitigation.
    Therefore, the Stewards order a fine of €25,000, which is suspended for the
    remainder of the 2022 season, subject to any breach of Article 20.1 of the FIA
    Formula One Sporting Regulations or of Article 12.2.1 f) of the International Sporting
    Code.
    Competitors are reminded that they have the right to appeal certain decisions of the
    Stewards, in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA International Sporting Code and
    Chapter 4 of the FIA Judicial and Disciplinary Rules, within the applicable time limits.
    1. 

       David
       9th July 2022, 17:45

       this all happened behind closed doors. this shouldn’t be a public case imho
       1. 

          Andy (@andyfromsandy)
          9th July 2022, 17:56

          It is public knowledge because it is one of the many documents the FIA issue during an event.

          Similarly there is 7 drivers that include Seb again for receiving messages during the formation lap in breach of 33.1
          1. 

             David
             9th July 2022, 18:00

             fia shouldn’t issue these kind of document
             1. 

                Jere (@jerejj)
                9th July 2022, 18:20

                @David Nothing wrong with issuing such documents.
11. 

    OOliver
    9th July 2022, 18:28

    I’ll just flip to the next page of the Animal Farm.

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