Sebastian Vettel has been handed a 5-place grid penalty for his failure to respect the double yellow flags at Turn 1 in the closing stages of Q1. The Bahrain stewards heard from the German, and a team representative as well as reviewing video, radio, telemetry and marshalling system evidence, from both his car and the cars surrounding him. Nikita Mazepin spun at Turn 1 in the last moments of Q1 bringing out a double yellow flag in the marshalling sector. Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Perez and George Russell approached the scene and drove past Mazepin. Bottas, was immediately instructed by his team to abort his lap in accordance with the Race Director's event notes. Perez and...
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