Vettel's penalty withdrawn
The 10-place grid penalty that Scuderia Toro Rosso driver, Sebastian Vettel, received after a collision with Red Bull driver Mark Webber at Fuji Speedway has been withdrawn after the meeting between the race stewards, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel himself.
The explanation of the stewards was: "What has become apparent is the view clearly expressed by all drivers and team managers alike that the conditions at Fuji were exceptionally bad and worse than those previously experienced when the race starts behind the safety car.
'Because of these views, the stewards accept that it may be inappropriate to impose the penalty normally applied for an offence such as this."
