At the end of Q1, Vettel came across Mazepin and Schumacher who were justling for track pos𓄧ition at the final two corners.

Tꦗhe traffic meant Vettel couldn’t improve his lap time aဣnd was eliminated in Q1.

The incident was referre💧d to the stewards, but they have decided to take no further action.

The stewards’ report noted: “There is no doubt that the lap of Car 5 [Vettel] was compromised however we note in particular the co💛mment of the driver of Car 5 [Vettel] that “there were too many cars in the one place”. ♑; 

“The🌼re were at least six cars in line, preparing for a fast lap, and all of these were travelling at slow speed (some at less than 50 km/h) whereas Car 5 was approaching at up to 240 km/h

“Although Car ♏5 was impeded, in the circumstances this was not “unnecessary impeding” (cf Article 31.5). The drivers and team representatives present agreed.”

Judging from the stewards’ verdict, it seems that Vettel himse🍨lf wasn’t pushing for either Haas driver to be penalised.

Speaking to the media aft𝓰er✅wards, Mazepin described the four-time champion “as a true gentleman”.

“Yes we’ve been in the stewards’ room and Sebastian was a true gentleman in addressing the global issue of everybody slowing down in Formula 1 at the last corner,♑” he said. “I apologised to him and said ‘tha𝓀nk you for being honest’, I was truly grateful for his behaviour in that instant.”