FIA race director Michael Masi has claimed Sebastian Vettel's five-second penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix had no impact on the stewards' decision to let Max Verstappen off the hook following his incident with Charles Leclerc in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix. Vettel was penalised five seconds of his time for rejoining the track in an "unsafe manner" and Lewis Hamilton was awarded the victory in Montreal despite the Ferrari driver crossing the line in P1. Ferrari requested a review of the decision, but the FIA rejected that request as the Italian team did not have enough evidence to suggest a U-turn in decision. Masi believes there has been no backlash following that decision and...
Full Story »