Sebastian Vettel mentioned Method One was fortunate to keep away from “a special consequence” when Lando Norris crashed out of qualifying in moist situations in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Vettel was livid qualifying was allowed to proceed when it began to rain heavier at the beginning of Q3 and radioed his Aston Martin workforce that the session needs to be red-flagged as a result of quantity of standing water on the circuit.

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Shortly after his message, McLaren driver Norris misplaced management of his automobile on the strategy to the uphill Eau Rouge nook and crashed closely into the boundaries.

When informed of the purple flag on the time, Vettel mentioned on the radio: “Yeah? Properly what the f– did I say? What did I say!? Pink flag! Pointless.”

Vettel was the following automobile via Eau Rouge and he slowed alongside Norris’ wrecked automobile to examine the English driver was OK, with each drivers giving one another a thumbs up.

Norris climbed out of his automobile and reported he was OK, though he has been despatched to hospital for X-rays to his elbow, which he was holding as he walked away from the automobile.

Vettel, who mentioned he spoke to FIA race director Michael Masi after the session, mentioned F1 wanted to do a greater job in such conditions.

“I feel Michael [Masi] isn’t happy with what occurred both,” Vettel informed Sky Sports activities.

“It is at all times straightforward to play Captain Hindsight. I feel we have to discover a approach that we pay attention extra to the knowledge that now we have. Contained in the storage, it is very restricted, it is like searching of a window. Three kilometres that approach, I’ve no clue.

“Once I went right down to Eau Rouge and up the hill, it was a number of water and was calling for a purple flag. The reality is, the session shouldn’t have began in any respect. So I feel the those that have been standing on the Kemmel Striaght, they have been within the rain and perhaps we should always have listened to these.”

When requested if he was indignant at Masi for not stopping the session, Vettel mentioned: “Indignant… I feel it is very troublesome to [be]… it is at all times straightforward afterwards.

“However the primary factor is that we be taught from what occurred. It might have been a special consequence with the crash. I feel we have been fortunate that nothing unhealthy occurred.”

Vettel added that he felt “huge” reduction when Norris signaled that he was OK instantly after the crash.

Vettel felt Norris was powerless to do stop the crash within the situations.

“There have been issues we might have completed higher, it is higher to be protected one time too many than one time too little,” Vettel mentioned.

“It is good that nothing occurred, that is the primary information, however it might’ve been a special consequence for Lando. I am undecided there’s something he might’ve completed.

“In fact, we’re in management and you may say ‘when you really feel unsafe, field.’ Nevertheless it’s kind of a bizarre scenario as a result of everyone seems to be in the identical scenario and you do not need to get kicked out [of qualifying], you need to progress. That call should not totally be as much as us.

“We delayed the session at the beginning when there was much less water so I am not totally certain why we simply did not begin the session. As I mentioned, it is at all times straightforward [to say] afterwards, however the primary factor is it does not occur once more.”