Raikkonen has 20s added to F1 race time for Vettel crash, Russell cleared

The Alfa Romeo driver’s penalty has been conver🅺ted into 20 seconds added to his race time, while he has also received two penalty 𝓀points on his licence for his late clash with Vettel.
Following an investigation, the stewards deemed that Raikkonen was to blamꩲe for the coming together after adjudging the Finn to have closed the door on Vette🐲l coming out of Turn 5.
The contact caused Vettel’s Aston Martin to spear into the wall on the left-hand side of the track and result꧙ed in double-waved flags.
“The stewards heard from the driver of Car 7 (Kimi Raikkonen), the driver of Car 5 (Sebastian Vettel), ꧅team representatives and reviewed video evidence,” the stewards said.
“Exiting T5 RAI closed the door on VET, which caus𒅌ed a collision taking both cars off the track.”
Spe💯aking about the accident, Raikkonen said: "Obviously our wheels touched and off we went…. Unfortunate end but it didn’t change much, because we were ꧙both out of the points, but I’ll have to see it from the outside.
"I saw him there, but I don’t know how we ended up touching. I don’t know if I move or he🎐 moved... I’ll have to see it [again]."
Meanwhile, Williams driver George Russell has been cleared of any wrongdoing after being summoned꧙ to the stewards for allegedly moving under braking in defence of Raikkonen.
“The stewards believe that RUS leไft the steering straight and left one car width at the entrance to turn 4,ಞ” the stewards explained.
“The stewards were happy that the movement was not dangerous or erratic and accepted the e﷽xplanation of the driver.”
Eight drivers are also under investigation for failing to respect the double-waved yellows shown follꦍowing the incident involving Vettel and Raikkonen.

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