Sebastian Vettel has been summoned to report to the Form▨ula 1 stewards ahead of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix after an alle🥀ged yellow flag rules breach in qualifying.

Vettel endured a bad start to life🅰 at his new Aston Martin team after he was knocked out of qualifying in Q1. The four-time world champion had turne𓂃d in a poor first lap and saw his second effort compromised when Haas rookie Nikita Mazepin spun in front of him at Turn 1.

Mazepin’s spin - which was caused by a brake-by-wire issue - brought 🌊out the yellow flags and forced Vettel to abandon his final flying efꦿfort, leaving him a disappointing 18th.

But the German faces the threat of a possible penalty for𝄹 Sunday’s opening race of the 2021 season after being called to a meeting wi🍒th the stewards on Sunday afternoon.

A stewards’ document i🉐ssued on Saturday evening noted that Vettel would ಞbe investigated for “allegedly non-respecting double yellow flags at Turn 1.”

Vettel will meet the stewards at 1:30pm local time on Sunday, six and a half hours before the Bahrain Gra🌞nd Prix is due to get underway.

After being eliminated in the opening session of his qualifying debut for Aston Martin, Vettel said he ꦬwas “upset and angry”.

"If I panicked now it wouldn✤'t help," he told Sky Sports F1. "For sure I'm upꦡset and angry - it was not our fault in a way - not to make it through, but we have to take it and do what we can to prepare for tomorrow."