Vettel handed penalty for Button overtake
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel has been dropped from second to fifth in the German Grand Prix results after the Red Bull star was handed a 20 second post-race penalty.
The FIA stewards deemed that Vettel had gained an advantage by using the tarmac exit run-off to complete an outside pass on Jenson Button for second place on the penultimate lap.
The revised result sees Button elevated to second behind race winner Alonso, with Kimi Raikkonen and Kamui Kobayashi moving to third and fourth respectively.
Vettel argued that he had used the run-off to avoid a potential collision with his rival.
“It was a difficult one,” said Vettel of the move immediately after the race.
“I wasn’t sure whether he was still on the inside or not and obviously the last thing you want to do is make contact.
“At the angle he’s side by side but not really and I can’t see him from the inside of the car, so I tried to give enough room and then went wide and obviously we’re all struggling with our tyres (at that point of the race), Jenson in particular, and that’s how I was able to get close and pass him.”
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See below for the revised results
|
Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Time/Retired |
Grid |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 67 | Winner | 1 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 67 | +6.9 secs | 6 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 67 | +16.4 secs | 10 |
| 4 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 67 | +21.9 secs | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 67 | +23.7 secs | 2 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 67 | +27.8 secs | 17 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 67 | +28.9 secs | 3 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 67 | +46.9 secs | 8 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 67 | +48.1 secs | 4 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 67 | +48.8 secs | 21 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 67 | +59.2 secs | 9 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 67 | +71.4 secs | 13 |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 67 | +76.8 secs | 11 |
| 14 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 67 | +76.9 secs | 15 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 66 | +1 Lap | 5 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 66 | +1 Lap | 18 |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 66 | +1 Lap | 14 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 66 | +1 Lap | 19 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 65 | +2 Laps | 16 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 65 | +2 Laps | 20 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 64 | +3 Laps | 23 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 64 | +3 Laps | 22 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 64 | +3 Laps | 24 |
| Ret | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | +11 Laps | 7 |
See below for the revised championship standings
|
Pos |
Driver |
Points |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | 154 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | 120 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | 110 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | 98 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | 92 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | 76 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | 65 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | 61 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | 47 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | 33 |
| 11 | Pastor Maldonado | 29 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | 29 |
| 13 | Paul di Resta | 27 |
| 14 | Felipe Massa | 23 |
| 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | 19 |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | 18 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 4 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | 2 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | 0 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | 0 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | 0 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | 0 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | 0 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | 0 |
