Vettel receives time penalty, demoted to fifth

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has been handed a 20-second time penalty by the stewards in Germany for his pass on McLaren's Jenson Button during the closing stages of Sunday's race. Vettel had finished the Hockenheim event in second, but the addition of the penalty leaves him fifth in the results.The stewards decided the German gained an advantage after leaving the track at the exit of the hairpin as he attempted to overtake Button on Lap 66, in breach of article 20.2 of the sporting regulations. They elected to give him a drive-through penalty which, when imposed after the race, means 20 seconds is added to the penalised driver's finishing time.

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