Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel DSQ confirmed with major implications
By Asher Fair
Sebastian Vettel has been disqualified from Sunday’s Formula 1 race at the Hungaroring, which helps Lewis Hamilton extend his points lead.
Under the technical regulations, competitors must ensure that a 1.0-liter sample of fuel may be taken from a car at any time during a Formula 1 event.
After Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring concluded, it was only possible to retrieve a sample of 0.3 liters from Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin.
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As a result, the driver who finished in second place in this 70-lap race around the 14-turn, 2.722-mile (4.381-kilometer) road course in Mogyoród, Hungary, just 1.859 seconds behind race winner Esteban Ocon of Alpine, has officially been disqualified.
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Instead of scoring 18 points, Vettel is left without any from this race, with Aston Martin also scoring none since Lance Stroll was also forced to retire after the lap one chaos — a huge blow to their hopes of a fifth place finish in the constructor standings over Alpine and AlphaTauri.
Every driver who finished behind Vettel has been promoted by one position, meaning that the nine drivers who originally finished from third through 11th place have also ended up scoring more points than they had initially scored.
The major beneficiary here ended up being Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who moved from third to second place and scored 18 points instead of 15.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was promoted from 10th to ninth, but that only gained him one additional point, so he scored two instead of one.
As a result, Hamilton’s lead over Verstappen in the championship battle is now eight points as opposed to six. He leads 195-187 instead of 192-186, the original tally when the checkered flag flew with Vettel in second place.
Additionally, Mercedes originally led Red Bull by 10 points (300-290) after the race. As a result of Vettel’s disqualification, that lead is now up to 12 (303-291). The slight widening of these gaps may seem relatively insignificant, but every point truly counts.
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Also of note, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. was promoted to the podium from fourth place to third. Alpine’s Fernando Alonso was promoted from fifth to fourth, his highest finish since 2014.
AlphaTauri teammates Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda were promoted from sixth and seventh place to fifth and sixth, respectively, while Williams teammates Nicholas Latifi and George Russell were promoted from eighth and ninth to new career-highs of seventh and eighth, respectively.
Williams had scored just four points in the last 65 races entering the weekend. They now end up with 10 from today’s race alone.
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Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen scored one point to double his season total after being promoted from out of the points in 11th place to the final point-scoring position of 10th.