News Details

F1: Vergne hit with time penalty

Jean-Eric Vergne was handed a five second time penalty following the United States Grand Prix. Late in the race, Vergne dived down the inside of Romain Grosjean in to Turn 1, making contact with the Lotus and then causing Grosjean to run wide on the exit of the corner. The stewards decided that Vergne had deliberately forced Grosjean off track and handed him a five second time penalty as a result. “The driver of car 25 [Vergne] is considered to be predominantly at fault for the contact with car 8 [Grosjean] in turn 1 and the consequent forcing of car 8 of the track,” the stewards' decision read. The penalty drops Vergne from ninth to tenth place in the final race results, with Pastor...
Full Story »
10y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Perez, Vergne penalised for Austin moves

Red Bull/Getty Images Sergio Perez and Jean-Eric Vergne have been...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

FIA Friday press conference - United StatesFIA Friday...

Eric Boullier (FRA) McLaren Racing Director in the Press Conference....
10y ago from Formula1.com

Vital Statistics - the United States Grand PrixVital...

Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing RB9 leads at the start of the...
10y ago from Formula1.com

Jean-Eric Vergne: “There’s a special feel about...

After a promising qualifying at Sochi three weeks ago, the Scuderia Toro...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia stuns to take Czech MotoGP pole as...

Francesco Bagnaia stunned the field by taking pole position for the Czech...

Marc Marquez establishes control to top final Brno...

Marc Marquez resumed his momentum from Friday's wet conditions as he...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kyle Kirkwood tops opening IndyCar practice on slick...

IndyCar travels north of the Canadian border this weekend to tackle the...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Taylor Barnard rejected McLaren IndyCar and WEC offers...

Taylor Barnard has turned down the chance to race for Arrow McLaren in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sensational Solberg leads Rally Estonia!

It may be just a one-off outing in Toyota Gazoo Racing’s GR Yaris...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

£20m asking price set: Chelsea star put up for sale...

Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling is reportedly up for sale for just £20m...
58m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Five players Chelsea could use in a deal to...

Chelsea remain interested in signing Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, and...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

(Photo) Leaked image accidentally confirms another...

Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera appears to be an Arsenal player, even...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I'm told…' – Journalist claims two...

Noni Madueke's transfer to Arsenal is now official, and it seems Mikel...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.