Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel has been issued a three-place grid penalty for impeding Carlos Sainz during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver was judged to have blocked Sainz on the exit of Turn 1 during Q2 when the Renault driver was beginning a final flying lap at the Red Bull Ring. Sainz was forced to take avoiding action by running over the kerbs which damaged his front wing, although the incident did not prevent the Renault driver from progressing to Q3, where he secured ninth on the grid. Vettel had qualified third but will now start Sunday’s race from sixth behind team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Haas F1’s Romain Grosjean. 'It is...
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