Penalty risk for Vettel for the LGBT shirt: “I will collect it, I support those who suffer” – Sport

Budapest, 1 agosto 2021 – I principles moral and ethical, even before the spirit of the pilot. Sebastian Vettel is highly appreciated in the world of motors for its tendency to be at the forefront in defense of common causes, which go beyond the Formula 1 and deal with human rights and social battles. The last one, which could cost him an additional one penalty after the disqualification that made him lose the second place obtained today in the GP of Hungary, it concerns the rainbow jersey worn by the German before the race.

After the race Vettel was disqualified and he lost second place not because of the t-shirt issue but because in the checks at the end of the race in his Aston Martin it was not possible to find the minimum quantity of fuel (one liter) required by the regulations. After the race it was possible to take 0.3 liters of fuel from the tank of the Aston Martin.

Instead, before departure, the stewards are in the sights of an infraction of the pre-train procedure, which would force the pilots to respect a series of rules also on the clothing to keep during the national anthems. Vettel today he wore one mask it’s a sweater arcobaleno with the words “Same love”, for the reasons that the same driver of theAston Martin he explained at the end of the race: “During the national anthem I kept the shirt and the rainbow mask for support those people who suffer in this nation (Hungary, ed). Some make laws that, instead of protecting children, probably them threaten and compromise its growth. I’m happy to take any penalty they want to impose on me “.

Hungary from Orban it is in fact a territory full of rights LGBT, so much so that the government is about to pass a law against homosexuality. Also Hamilton, in recent days, he had commented on the affair asking Hungarians to vote in favor of human rights. In the case of VettelHowever, F1 could intervene due to internal regulations, which prohibit the display of political or ideological symbols in the pre-race.

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