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Abu Dhabi GP: Sergio Perez reprimanded for impeding
Sergio Perez has been reprimanded for impeding by the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race stewards, but will not receive a penalty.
The Sauber driver was investigated for blocking Bruno Senna's Williams through Yas Marina's Turn 5/6 chicane in Q1.
The officials, who this weekend include Derek Warwick as driver representative, deemed that Perez's actions were worthy of a reprimand, but his 12th place on the grid is not affected.
Senna went on to qualify 15th.
Perez had previously received a grid penalty for blocking in German GP qualifying, but did not have any reprimands hanging over him before his Abu Dhabi incident.
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Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and Renault track operations chief Remi Taffin are heading back to the stewards' office?
I really hope it's fuel, the powers that be will have no choice but to treat Vettel as they did Lewis, anything else would just prove Lewis's comment in Monaco to be true IMO.
Abu Dhabi GP: Red Bull called to stewards over Sebastian Vettel's issue
Red Bull Racing has been asked by the race stewards at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to explain why Sebastian Vettel's car did not return to the pits after his qualifying lap.
The German bounced back from a troubled final practice session to secure third place on the grid - behind Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber.
However, towards the end of his in-lap, Vettel was ordered over the radio to stop his car immediately and he pulled over at Turn 19.
Formula 1 regulations state that drivers must return to the pits after qualifying under their own power so that a one-litre fuel sample can be taken from the car for analysis.
Article 6.6.2 of the technical regulations states: "Competitors must ensure that a one litre sample of fuel may be taken from the car at any time during the event.
"Except in cases of force majeure (accepted as such by the stewards of the meeting), if a sample of fuel is required after a practice session the car concerned must have first been driven back to the pits under its own power."
Both Red Bull and engine supplier Renault were silent on Saturday about the exact reasons for Vettel stopping, but the stewards demanded that representatives from both companies explain what happened.
At the Spanish GP earlier this year, Lewis Hamilton was stripped of his pole position and thrown to the back of the grid after he was told to stop on the in-lap to ensure that he had enough fuel on board for the sample.
What if it's an engine problem regarding fuel intake?
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