Confusion reigns over Sebastian Vettel’s ‘disqualification’

ByEurosport

Updated 03/07/2017 at 18:40 GMT

Confusion reigned over the fate of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel on Monday after various websites reported that he had been disqualified from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The German was involved in a ramming incident with Lewis Hamilton and later went to a hearing with FIA after finishing fourth.

It was reported last week that FIA had launched a formal investigation into whether further action should be taken over the collision.

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And numerous outlets then reported on Monday that the four-time world champion had been disqualified from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and docked 12 points.

However, Autosprint magazine in Italy found the source of the news and declared that a document purporting to be an official communication from the FIA was, in fact, a fake.

Many of the news sites later deleted their tweets and stories.

It was later revealed that Vettel would face no further punishment after apologising for the incident and receiving a 10-second stop-and-go penalty at the time.

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