FIA relegates Vettel to fifth with penalty

Sunday 22nd July 2012, 16:33 by Ryan Wood

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Sebastian Vettel has been handed a 20-second penalty for overtaking outside of the track limitations and gaining an unfair advantage.

The Red Bull driver had gradually caught Jenson Button in second in the closing stages of the race but in his attempt to pass the McLaren, he ran wide at the hairpin and used the run-off area to complete the move.

The FIA deemed he gained an unfair advantage and added 20 seconds to his final time, which demotes him to fifth behind Button, Kimi Raikkonen and Kamui Kobayashi.

Revised 2012 German GP Results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Pts
01.	F. Alonso	Ferrari		25
02.	J. Button	McLaren	+6.9	18
03.	K. Raikkonen	Lotus	+16.4	15
04.	K. Kobayashi	Sauber	+21.9	12
05.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	+23.7	10
06.	S. Perez	Sauber	+27.8	8
07.	M. Schumacher	Mercedes	+28.9	6
08.	M. Webber	Red Bull	+46.9	4
09.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	+48.1	2
10.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	+48.8	1
11.	P. di Resta	Force India	+59.2
12.	F. Massa	Ferrari	+1:11.4
13.	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+1:16.8
14.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	+1:16.9
15.	P. Maldonado	Williams	+1 lap
16.	V. Petrov	Caterham	+1 lap
17.	B. Senna	Williams	+1 lap
18.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	+1 lap
19.	H. Kovalainen	Caterham	+2 laps
20.	C. Pic	Marussia	+2 laps
21.	P. de la Rosa	HRT	+3 laps
22.	T. Glock	Marussia	+3 laps
23.	N. Karthikeyan	HRT	+3 laps
24.	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+20 laps

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