Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel has escaped a sporting penalty after ‘destroying' Formula 1's scales during qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. The German was called to the weighbridge during Qualifying 2 where he impatiently waved his hands in an effort to hurry up officials attempting to weigh his car. Drivers are required to turn off the engine on their cars and are normally pushed off the scales before restarting it on the MGU-K hybrid system. In Vettel's case he didn't shut off the engine as normal before driving off the scales, which left the FIA unable to accurately weigh the car and damaged the system. In the hearing, stewards elected not to issue a sporting penalty to...
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