The German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) was disqualified and lost his second place in the Hungarian Grand Prix as “it is not possible to extract a sample of a liter of fuel” from his tank after the race, decided the direction of the race .
Vettel and Aston Martin failed to comply with article 6.6 of the code of technical regulations of the International Automobile Federation, according to which “participants must ensure that a 1-liter fuel sample can be extracted from the vehicle at all times” in order not to have a advantage. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) thus passes to second place behind Esteban Ocon (Alpine), and the Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr (Ferrari) is third. (AFP)