News Details

Vettel feared chequered flag gaffe would spark track invasion

Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel was concerned a premature chequered flag would cause a track invasion while cars continued to race in the closing stages of the Canadian Grand Prix. The chequered flag was waved a lap early which caused confusion among drivers and fans at Montreal as results were backdated to lap 68 instead of the scheduled 70 lap distance. Model Winnie Harlow was charged with waving the flag but has since said she was following instructions from officials after the error. Vettel had controlled the race from the start on his way to collecting a third win of the season. However, the Ferrari driver admitted the early finish initially caused confusion before worries set in...
Full Story »
7y ago from SpeedCafe.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Chequered flag waver says she was told when to wave...

Canadian Grand Prix – The model who was given the task of waving...
7y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Canadian Grand Prix cut short by chequered flag...

The Canadian Grand Prix was cut short by two laps due to a mistake with...
7y ago from Crash.net

Ricciardo denied fastest lap by chequered flag gaffe

Daniel Ricciardo had to be informed by Sky Sports that he had not...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Model apologises after waving chequered flag too early...

Model Winnie Harlow waved the chequered flag a lap early at the Canada...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Alexander Rossi fastest as rain disrupts second...

The NTT IndyCar Series completed the second and final day of testing at...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Premier League club exploring deal to sign 19-year-old...

Nottingham Forest are reportedly eyeing Arsenal's young goalkeeper Tommy...
20m ago from CaughtOffside.com

23-year-old reveals he would 'love' to play for 'great...

Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Malik Tillman has revealed that he'd...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Talks held: Arsenal step up efforts to beat Man Utd to...

Arsenal have reportedly held initial talks over a potential transfer move...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'We need some perspective' | Rice advises caution over...

Declan Rice opens up about Arsenal's draw against Wolves at Molineux and...
1h ago from SkySports.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.