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JV: Both Vettel and Leclerc deserved penalties
Former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve believes Sebastian Vettel should have received a penalty for his false start in Japan. The Ferrari driver moved before the lights went out at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix, before becoming stationary again, but the jump start meant that Vettel lost momentum, dropping behind Valtteri Bottas after starting on pole. However, even though Kimi Raikkonen was given a drive-through penalty for a near-identical offence at the start in Russia, the FIA ruled that Vettel hadn't moved enough in his grid box to trigger the sensors, and so they didn't issue a penalty. Villeneuve believes this is an area of the technical regulations which need to be looked...
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