The Real Reason Sebastian Vettel Was Fined $25K by the Stewards

Many fans wondered about the real reason behind the FIA handing Sebastian Vettel a fine. Apparently, there’s more to the story than what was initially reported. The Austrian GP weekend was one filled with loads of penalties. However, Seb topped the list of them all after he was presented with a €25,000 suspended penalty.

Things have been a little heated between the drivers and the race control this season. Several of them have spoken out against racing rules that simply don’t turn out to be the same for everyone. However, Vettel, being a group leader for the GPDA alongside George Russell, has more responsibilities on his shoulder.

So why did he leave? Ted Kravitz recently revealed why. He said, “I’ll tell you the story about how he stormed out the drivers briefing. They kept going round. Apparently, there was a big argument between all drivers, they’re talking about driving standards and it went on for 20 minutes,”

“Sebastian was sitting there thinking, look, we’re going round and round in circles. We haven’t got on to the proper driver’s briefing yet. If you’re not gonna talk about it, then I’m just gonna walk out. So he did, but then he got a €25,000 fine suspended…”

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Vettel‘s weekend did not get any better even after that. The German driver was handed another penalty during the Sunday race for exceeding track limits. He dropped back to P17.

George Russell explains what’s wrong after the Sebastian Vettel fiasco

GPDA group’s fellow lead, Russell, also shared his opinions regarding the cold war between race control and drivers. Apparently, the issue is a lot bigger than many initially thought.

He revealed, “I do agree that we need to stick with one race director, we need to have more consistency with the stewarding. We come to the following event and often the steward from the previous event is not there so there’s no accountability or no explanations of decisions…”

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So, after hearing this: what are your opinions? Should F1 go with just one race director? Or are the drivers missing the point?