Stewards confirm no penalty for Vettel for running wide at Parabolica | 2019 Italian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel avoids grid penalty for cutting turn one.

Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel has avoided a penalty for running wide at Parabolica during Q3 as the stewards have ruled he did not stray beyond the track limits.

Close inspection of Vettel’s line through the corner revealed his front-right wheel was possibly within the track limits, the stewards noted.

“The stewards reviewed multiple camera angles, some of which appeared to show that the tyres were not in contact with the white line of the track edge,” the stewards noted.

“However other angles appeared to show that part of the front ‘wheel’ (when viewed from above) may have been within the bounds of the white line. This cast an element of doubt which is considered significant enough to give the “benefit of doubt” to the driver in question.”

The decision means Vettel’s only lap time from Q3 remains valid. If it had been deleted, he would have lost several grid positions.