Fernando insisted again in the meeting on the unfairness of his sanction in Canada
Vettel got fed up with the same topic and decided to leave
A monologue by Fernando Alonso ‘stuck’ the drivers’ briefing prior to the Austrian Grand Prix, of which Sebastian Vettel left halfway through. The German press points out that the reason the four-time champion left the meeting before it was over was because of a monologue by Alonso. The German reportedly grew tired of the conversation leading to no conclusion and left.
Sebastian Vettel received a warning from the FIA and a threat of a fine of 25,000 euros if he repeats and abandons a drivers’ briefing, mandatory sessions for members of the grid.
Now, in a video from the German publication Auto Motor und Sport, journalist Michael Schmidt points to Fernando Alonso as the reason Vettel left.
Schmidt explains that from Canada Fernando takes advantage of every opportunity he has to defend that the penalty they gave him in Montreal was not deserved. The Spaniard received a five-second penalty for changing direction more than once, a punishment neither he nor Alpine understands.
“It all started, as it seems now, with a monologue from Alonso, who takes every opportunity now to show that the penalty he got in Canada was actually wrong“, Schmidt shared in his video about the Austrian Grand Prix.
“And when he sees someone doing the same thing and not getting penalized, he lays out the case and explains it extensively and then tries to get confirmation from race control that he was wrongly penalized,” he added.
Seb decided to leave because he felt they were stuck on the same topic and not moving forward. “And that went on for quite a while and the conversation started to spin on itself. At a certain point Vettel just slammed and left because they weren’t making any progress,” Schmidt said.
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