Sebastian Vettel has given one final defence regarding the controversial incident with Lewis Hamilton in Canada.
On Friday, the FIA rejected Ferrari’s case to review the five-second penalty which decided the outcome in Montreal, as the Scuderia offered very little in terms of new evidence to meet the required level.
With the saga now over, the debate on what impact it will have on Formula 1 in the future continues, and the German offered a rather abrupt answer on what his next move might be.
“Retire, then at least I know that I am not in trouble any more,” he said sarcastically to Sky Sports.
“It was a joke! People will pick it up but I don’t really care.”
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In the weeks since most of the opinions put forward have sided with Vettel and criticised the overregulation by stewards currently in F1.
And on a more serious tone, Vettel did suggest a clear approach was needed.
“I think everybody’s to blame,” he stated. “This started a long time ago when it was about ‘oh did he cross the white line?’.
“[Just] let us do what we want. If you’re unhappy with how we race or how we drive then build different tracks, it’s as easy as that.
“Don’t build car parks with lines and kerbs on it…like that one.”
With a first win since Spa still elusive, the 31-year-old does think it is time to move on.
“Anyways, it is what it is. There are too many paragraphs [in the FIA’s press release],” he added.
“What do you change? How can you change it? Just burn the papers.”