Scooters instead of racing cars: Vettel receives a strange penalty

The race stewards in Australia ruled that the 34-year-old violated the sporting rules with his action shortly after the end of the first training session on Friday. Accordingly, anyone is prohibited from entering the track in the five minutes after completing a practice session unless they have special permission. This also applies to racing drivers.

Vettel had previously had to park his Aston Martin due to an engine defect. He drove back to his team's garage waving on a marshal's motor scooter to the cheers of the fans. “I drove slowly. “I go faster on a bike,” said Vettel about the action, during which he only placed the helmet lightly on his head and occasionally rode hands-free. Vettel pursued by bad luck The German missed the first two races of the season due to a positive corona test and is starting the season late in Melbourne. Vettel missed the second training session because his car was not roadworthy again in time after the technical breakdown.

In the fight for the title, leader Charles Leclerc demonstrated his strong form with the best training time. The Ferrari driver and former teammate of Vettel set the fastest lap in 1:18,978 minutes. He pushed world champion Max Verstappen into second place in the Red Bull. While another duel between the Scuderia and Red Bull is looming in Melbourne, record world champion Lewis Hamilton only managed 13th place in the Mercedes. “Nothing we change makes a difference. That is the difficulty. You go in very optimistic, you change things, but it doesn't look like anything is changing," Hamilton said.

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Scooters instead of racing cars: Vettel receives a strange penalty

Sebastian Vettel has to pay a fine of 1 euros for riding a scooter on the Formula 5000 track in Melbourne.

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