Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel believes that Formula 1 set a bad example by not penalising Nico Rosberg for not slowing down enough during a double waved yellow period in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, and as a result the Mercedes driver claimed pole position for the race which sends the wrong signal to drivers in junior categories.
Vettel told media during the weekend at Hungaroring, “The worst thing about this is we are an example. Next week there will be a go karting race somewhere and there will be a double waved yellow somewhere because somebody went off and marshals will go out and help.”
“The way the kids think: I don’t need to lift much because in F1 it is okay, that is the pinnacle and that is okay so that is how we can behave.”
“That is what I don’t like about it. In the past we didn’t have the technology to time the different sectors around the track and only had sectors one, two and three so the rule of thumb was you are not allowed to improve in a yellow sector. Double yellow in the rule book says be prepared to stop.”
“Arguably if you go 2 kph or 4 kph slower or brake earlier and you drop half a tenth I don’t think you are preparing to stop. It is one of those things that we are trying improve and make it fair to give us drivers a chance to finish our lap even if unfortunate with the yellow flag in qualifying or practice.”
Vettel added, “In my opinion it has gotten worse. We have had a lot of discussions and in the past it was clear not to improve under yellow but now we can. We need to debate how much is considered a lift and how much is not.”
“One thing is for the people who are trying to rescue and recover the car and get the track green again and the other is the example we are giving. I am not a big fan of penalising every single one. We didn’t set a good example in [qualifying],” concluded the quadruple F1 world champion.
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