Daniel Ricciardo defended Sebastian Vettel over the weighbridge incident during꧑ Formula 1 qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday, suggesting FIA officials should consider changing the rules to avoid a repeat occurrence in the future.

Vettel was hit with a €25,000 fine a♊nd a reprimand after destroying the weighb✤ridge scales during a routine check in Q2 at Interlagos.

Vettel said🅺 after the session it was “unfair” that he got called at a time when he was trying to get back out on-track quickly due to incoming rain.

Red Bull driver Ricciardo came to Vettel’s defence when speaking after the session, and suggested offici🧜als consider tweaking the rules in the future.

“If I was in his position, I would be frustrated as well, because rain is coming, he hasn’t set a lap yet and in simple terms they are po𒊎stponing his🐈 qualifying and putting him at risk,” Vettel said.

“I’m sure we are going to talk about it in Abu Dhabi now, but we might have to try and add something in, l🌟ike you can only be called if you have set a lap.

“I think calling y🐻ou in before you have set a lap, they are kind of controlling your qualifying session, which I think is a bit unfair. So from that point of view, I will sympathise I would say.”

Ricciardo explained the weighbridge procedure in full, with Vettel having irked the stewards by pul෴ling off the scales under his own poweᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr instead of being pushed off.

“You’ve got to switch your car off, that’s the thing, and then the mechanics have got to come and start it uཧp,ꦕ” Ricciardo said.

“I couldn’t put a time oꦑn it – more than a minute or something. But if the weather is like that𓃲, it’s not ideal.

“They called me 𒆙in in Suzuka when I had my problem and I hadn’t set a time, so I was a bit like ‘guys, why do you need m𝓡e? I’ve done nothing’. But then they saw I had problems and let me go.

“I kind of feel we need to set ♓a lap before they call us in."