Vettel: “Should have handled it better”
We have a first statement from Vettel about the crash with Schumacher. “I still have to look at it. Of course it’s a shame that we touched and that we both didn’t score any points,” he says.
“We should have arranged it better. I have to look at it again,” said Vettel. He has not yet spoken to Schumacher. “I’ve been checking where he is all the time,” he reveals.
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Ralf Schumacher: “A bit of a racing accident”
The expert says on ‘Sky’ about the German crash: “Mick has to try it there. But you can see: He hesitates a bit. He might not have had to do it because he could have had the curve. Brake a little later, as he says .”
“But Sebastian also has to give up space. He can’t vanish into thin air. Sebastian has to look in the mirror, that’s the way it is. Unfavorable situation. You could say: Of course it was a bit of a racing accident. But Sebastian still has to give up space.”
Mike climbs up
Unfortunately only in this series of photos. He also failed to score any points in his 26th Formula 1 race today. In doing so, he drew level with Ricardo Rosset. Hopefully we can remove him from this statistic soon!
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Alonso apologizes to Gasly
The Spaniard has just apologized to Gasly for the crash. By the way, it does indeed look like Alonso is no longer threatened with further punishment. He can keep P9 with it. And that would be the end of all the investigations, if we haven’t overlooked anything.
Schumacher: “It’s a shame for both of us”
The other German is also forgiving after the crash and explains to ‘Sky’: “Of course it’s always easy to talk about it afterwards. If you see it that way, I could have just stayed behind or tried harder to drive past.”
“In the end it’s a shame, a shame for both of us. I’ll definitely talk to him about it,” he announces.
Leclerc: Medium was the problem
“It was physically a very difficult race,” reports the Monegasse and explains: “We had some problems on the medium tires, especially in the first stint, and were overtaken.”
On the hard tire you were “very competitive”. Ultimately, however, Red Bull simply had better pace today. “But it was fun,” said Leclerc.
Football helmets on the podium
When you think you’ve seen everything in Formula 1… I’ll just leave that without comment.
Warning for Alonso
Let’s continue: Alonso gets a warning for exceeding the track limits. However, we’re not sure if that means providing an advantage or if he still faces a penalty for doing so.
We’ll keep an eye on that, everything is a bit confusing right now…
Penalties against Magnussen & Ricciardo
Magnussen gets a five-second penalty for the stroll number. But it doesn’t matter at all for him either, because he parked his Haas one lap before the end. At least the decisions come quickly today.
Ricciardo is also penalized for gaining an advantage off the track. Also five seconds. He falls back to P13, but would not have scored in eleventh anyway.
No punishment
The decision is already there: “NO FURTHER ACTION” is the name of the scene between Schumacher and Vettel. Amazing that there wasn’t even a hearing. But because both didn’t score anyway, it doesn’t really matter…
There’s still trouble
Not just for the Schumacher-Vettel scene. Magnussen and Stroll also touched again and Alonso apparently gained an advantage by leaving the track. Of course we keep an eye on everything.
Verstappen wins!
That was hectic again at the end! But nothing happens in front, Verstappen wins ahead of Leclerc, Sainz and Perez. Here in the ticker we will work through everything again in peace. Before the overview:
race report
result
Schumacher and Vettel crash!
That can’t be true… Both were on course for points – and then they crash! In addition, the race stewards look at it again. But a penalty would not matter now, with points it will be nothing for both of them.
Leclerc puts pressure on
Verstappen rushed in front of the safety car, now Leclerc is putting pressure on again. He’s in the DRS window, the thing is undecided here! Bottas makes a mistake at the back and has to let both Mercedes drivers through. Russell overtakes Hamilton on the fresher tires.
No penalty for Magnussen or Stroll by the way.
investigation
There was a quarrel between Magnussen and Stroll, the race stewards are looking at it. Still no overtaking maneuvers in front. But now DRS is released. This could be the chance for Perez, for example!
Verstappen wins the restart
Go on! Verstappen remains in front after the end of the safety car. But of course the field is now very close together everywhere. Let’s see what’s going on here!