Vettel handed a 20 second penalty for overtake on Button

Sebastien Vettel has been handed a 20 second penalty on his illegal maneuver over Jenson Button in the closing stages of the German Grand Prix. This will effectively drop him to the fifth position in the drivers classification, promoting Kimi Raikkonnen to third and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi to a well deserved fourth place after qualifying thirteenth on the grid.

Earlier, being interviewed by Niki Lauda on the podium, Button tried to evade questions on what he felt regarding Vettel’s maneuver.Vettel, however, said, “He(Button) did not complain to me regarding the overtake”.

The fifth place however would do no good to the defending champions title hopes as he is 44 points adrift of the championship leader Fernando Alonso after the German GP.

‘ Welcome to the world of Maldonado and Hamilton, Mr Vettel.’