Vettel penalized for Button pass

By Andrew Hooper
July 23 2012

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel would receive a penalty for his pass on Jenson Button in the closing stages of the 2012 German Grand Prix.

 
 Vettel penalized for Button pass
 

As a result of a pass carried out by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on McLaren's Jenson Button during the German Grand Prix, Vettel was handed a penalty for his overtaking move.

Vettel had passed Button for second with less than two laps to go but in doing so ran wide and off the track at the exit of the hairpin. According to race stewards Vettel's move was illegal. As a result they imposed a post-race drive-through penalty seeing twenty seconds have been added to Vettel's finishing time. Vettel would drop to fifth and Raikkonen would move into third

"Car 1 left the track and gained an advantage when he rejoined. Breach of article 20.2 of the FIA Formula 1 sporting regulations," said the stewards.

"Drive-through penalty, imposed after the race in accordance with article 16.3 (20 seconds added to the elapsed race time."

Below are the revised results for the 2012 German Grand Prix.
  
Pos Driver 	Team 

1.  Alonso 	Ferrari 
2.  Button 	McLaren-Mercedes 
3.  Raikkonen 	Lotus-Renault 
4.  Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 
5.  Vettel 	Red Bull-Renault 
6.  Perez 	Sauber-Ferrari 
7.  Schumacher 	Mercedes 
8.  Webber 	Red Bull-Renault 
9.  Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes
10. Rosberg 	Mercedes
11. Di Resta 	Force India-Mercedes
12. Ricciardo 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
13. Massa 	Ferrari
14. Vergne 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
15. Maldonado 	Williams-Renault
16. Petrov 	Caterham-Renault
17. Senna 	Williams-Renault
18. Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault
19. Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault
20. Pic 	Marussia-Cosworth
21. De la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth
22. Glock 	Marussia-Cosworth
23. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth
 

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