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Drivers ‘Whinging and Complaining’ to Blame for Harsh Penalties – Vettel

Sebastian Vettel feels drivers can only have themselves to blame for the kind of penalties they are being handed for incidents due to their ‘whinging and complaining’. The Scuderia Ferrari driver was handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Carlos Sainz Jr. during Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon, with the German revealing that he was not made aware of the situation by his team on the pit wall. Vettel feels that the constant moaning in recent years has meant stewards have been forced to take more draconian decisions about punishing drivers for their misdemeanours, with the German having the thought that it should be left to the drivers to sort it out...
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