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F1 race stewards don’t look at consequences of incidents – Whiting
FIA race director Charlie Whiting says Formula 1 race stewards' decisions are made without weighing up the impact of each incident and Sebastian Vettel’s five-second time penalty for clashing with Valtteri Bottas was in line with previous decisions. Vettel locked up his rears and slid into Bottas at the first turn in the French Grand Prix, which saw both drivers pick up sustained damage, while the Ferrari driver was held responsible for the accident and given a five-second time penalty. Depsite serving his penalty, Vettel still finished the race at Paul Ricard ahead of Bottas with the Germnan in fifth place ahead of the Mercedes driver in seventh place at the chequered flag. Whiting says...
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