Ferrari has finally acknowledged that their driver, Sebastian Vettel, was in the wrong during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he nerfed Lewis Hamilton from behind under the safety car and then pulled alongside the Mercedes and knocked into him in a fit of rage.
Vettel was under the belief that Hamilton had brake tested him, an allegation that was disproven by the stewards when they examined telemetry from the Mercedes after the race. However Vettel stood firm in his belief and refused to apologize for the incident.
When he was handed a ten second stop and g penalty during the race for his actions, he innocently asked the team why as he had not donw anything wrong.
All this was not looked favourably on him, by fans, apart from Ferrari fans that is, across the globe, and the FIA eventually called him to a meeting to answer to his actions.
In this meeting Vettel finally apologized for actions and apart from some road safety work, was let off from any further sanctions.
“Following the meeting that was held today in Paris between FIA representatives and Scuderia Ferrari driver S.Vettel, with the purpose of clarifying positions on the incidents occurred at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari notes the driver's apologies and his personal commitments to help the image of the sport. Scuderia Ferrari confirms its support to FIA's initiatives, sharing the governing's body values and objectives,' Ferrari said in a statement.
Hopefully Sebastian will keep his rage in check on the race track in future.
