Sebastian Vettel moves No 1 board away from Hamilton's car after losing Canadian GP

Sebastian Vettel said he is falling out of love with Formula One after a controversial penalty denied him victory in Canada and promoted Lewis Hamilton to first place.

With 22 laps to go, Vettel went across the grass and almost hit Hamilton as he returned to the track on the inside and his rival attempted to go around him. Vettel emerged in front and stewards then gave him a five-second penalty for an unsafe return and forcing another car off the track.

Vettel held his lead to the end but was only 1.3 seconds in front of Hamilton who thus took the win for Mercedes – the British star's fifth win from seven rounds. After the race, Vettel theatrically grabbed the big No 1 board parked in front of Hamilton's car and moved it to where his Ferrari should have been in the empty No 2 slot. Ferrari are appealing against the time penalty.

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[ruslan_]

Vettel to FIA: Honestly what are they doing watching the race or ping pong"

[RGB]

he didn't replace it he just moved it into the correct position

[wrodolfo]

running over grass is enough natural penalty. adding 5 seconds is just killing the sport.

[iliamorshed]

That 5 second of him switching the numbers were more entertaining than the whole race

[ap]

Vettel touches grass: 5 second penalty
Hamilton sends championship rival in barriers at 51G: 10 second penalty

[joemamaisfat]

This move wasn't meant for Hamilton or at least it's not against him. This was sent to the FIA

[shaunmostert]

You could see he was struggling for grip as he got off the grass... Im not a Vettel fan neither am I a fan of Hamilton but Vettel was robbed...

[qhughes]

much respect to Vettel in this interview...handled it better than i could have.

[arwyss]

Vettel was robbed... But it's not Hamilton's fault. Blame the mafia mentality of the people who run F1. This isn't anything new.

[T]

F1 is over regulated and it kills excitement.

[xsammyxx]

I love how Sebastian says "we" rather than "me". He knows it's not just him behind the wheel.

[Blith]

I agree that Lewis doesn't deserved to be booed. The maFIA does.

[ilovebeer]

FIA how many more victories should Mercedes get?
FIA: yes

[Strawbull]

Watch this video in slow motion (this option is in the Settings menu). In slow motion, you can clearly see Vettel's car has begun fishtailing to the right as he leaves the grassy chicane. And for anyone who knows how to manage fishtailing / skidding / over-steering, what is the proper corrective action? If one is fishtailing to the right, do you steer to the left or to the right to correct it? The correct answer is: you steer to the right, which is exactly what Vettel does as he rejoins the track. He knows he has a limited amount of asphalt and milliseconds in which to correct this fishtail, which he successfully does before hitting the kerb or wall. Whether or not he had secondary intent and benefit of blocking Hamilton is peripheral and immaterial to the fact that his vehicle was not yet fully in control (starting to fishtail) while rejoining the track. The laws of physics still apply whether you're a Vettel fan or a Hamilton fan. Momentum is not an imaginary thing --- heavy car + very high speed + loss of traction + inertia = momentum. Besides, if Hamilton had done a much better job of analyzing Vettel's momentum and really wanted to take advantage of his error, he would have attempted passing Vettel ON THE LEFT, not the right. The left side of the track was completely empty and available for passing while Vettel was regaining control and managing his momentum over on the right side. Why intentionally drive into Vettel's "momentum zone" when he's leaving a big patch of asphalt wide open to his left? Conclusion: Vettel was simply managing his momentum and correcting his fishtail. Hamilton screwed up by (1) not properly interpreting Vettel's momentum and (2) picking the wrong side to attempt capitalizing on Vettel's mistake. FIA Race Control needs to learn how to interpret fishtailing, fishtailing recovery, and study up on their understanding of basic physics, inertia, traction, and momentum. That penalty was absolutely ridiculous. Hamilton needs to take responsibility for the fact that he had a window of opportunity to pass on the left, and he totally screwed it up. Vettel screwed up flying off the track, but then Hamilton also screwed up by going to the wrong side afterwards. They raced and it worked itself out: Vettel won fair and square.

[neilloveminecraft]

Grass, Gravel and Abrasive run-off area were created to serve as a penalty for the driver who made an error. Giving him a 5 second penalty is double jeopardy.

[TheFikri]

He put the number one board to nobody. So, there is no winner in Canada. This is why I love Seb. XD

[ToussainT]

FIA did it again i dont really know the rules are, but everytime other driver did the same thing what hamilton do they got penalized. Hamilton on Riccardo 2016 he didn't got a penalty, then Max Vs Kimi Japanese GP last years Max got penalized same thing for Seb here, 2016 Mexico GP Lewis cut the chicane at turn 1 he get away from FIA punishment but then Max did the same thing but got penalized the reason both driver cut the chicane is the same both had a lock up, then 2019 Monaco GP Hamilton Vs max, Lewis closed the door then both driver colliding each other makes Lewis cut the chicane but he not getting any single penalty from FIA but before Max Vs Hamilton incident happened there is same incident between KMag on Perez but KMag also got penalized but not for Lewis,

I don't really know how FIA rules works are but seeing this happen every time it is absolutely suspicious

[MitsuZerG]

Hamilton was in a pretty similar situation in Monaco in 2016 with Ricciardo and didn't get a penalty!

[Douken]

I watched this on live TV. Very satisfying when he moved the signs.

[Rodrinki]

The title is wrong, it should be:
After he was *robbed* from victory.