Ferrari penalty controversy

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The Ferrari penalty controversy was a sporting scandal caused when Ferrari F1 driver Sebastian Vettel deliberately went straight over the grass at turn 4, during the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton was squeezed toward the wall to slow down to avoid a collision. On lap 57, Vettel was handed a five seconds penalty for the lap 48 incident, causing Hamilton to win the Canadian Grand Prix. Vettel's teammate, Charles Leclerc, arrived third.
On 9 June 2019, on the lap 48th of the Canada race, The SF90 driven by Sebastian Vettel went straight over the grass, missing turn 4, almost causing a collision with Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. On lap 57, Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty for the lap 48 incident, for re-entering the track unsafely and forcing another driver off the track. On the next laps, Vettel tried to make a five-second gap to Hamilton. Vettel crossed the line first, but he was only 1.3 seconds ahead, meaning that Hamilton won the race. Charles Leclerc, who was Vettel's teammate, finished third.
After the race, Vettel, rather than park his car in parc ferme, Vettel pulled over much earlier in the pit lane and had to be collected by an official to attend the podium. On the way, Vettel removed the #1 sign from in front of Hamilton's car and moved it to the empty space where his car should have been parked.Ferrari announced it would appeal the penalty.
However, on June 21, the FIA denied the appeal, stating that Ferrari had supplied "...no significant and relevant new elements which were unavailable to the parties at the time . The incident has been described as controversial.

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