Vettel Receives 10 Place Penalty For Malaysia

Sebastian Vettel has been given a penalty of being demoted 10 grid places for next weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix after his late crash with Robert Kubica in Melbourne. The Red Bull team have also received a £35,000 penalty for telling Vettel to continue after his accident.

This is simply crazy in my mind. The two drivers were racing hard but fair and it was a fifty fifty racing incident. Vettel could of been less aggressive but was racing for position. Kubica should of given Vettel more room too which would of also avoided an accident.

The bottom line is however why is the FIA investing so much time and effort into improving the racing and the opportunity to overtake if you are going to be penalased if you race and have overtaking? It seems like a catch 22 to me.

However I do agree with the fine for Red Bull for telling him to carry on. It was dangerous and pointless.