Sebastian Vettel avoids penalty for driving slowly on in-lap | 2019 Bahrain GP. Sebastian Vettel avoids penalty for driving slowly on in-lap | 2019 Bahrain GP.

Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel has been cleared of driving unnecessarily slowly on his in-lap in the qualifying session for the Bahrain GP. As per the sporting regulations, drivers are required to stay above a minimum time between the two safety car lines during in-laps to ensure they don’t become a danger to their fellow drivers.

The Scuderia Ferrari driver was investigated for exceeding the maximum time of one minute 55 seconds between the two Safety Car lines on an in-lap. However the stewards decided to take no action after determining Sebastian Vettel had slowed due to tyre vibrations.

“The driver stated he was on a push lap and, when coming into turn one, he heavily flat spotted both front tyres. He aborted the lap however the car was experiencing severe vibrations (as evidenced by the telemetry tabled in evidence).

“As a result, the driver could not maintain the speed required to meet the requirement to stay below the maximum time specified in Document 16 of 1.55.0s between the Safety Car lines.”