Sebastian Vettel pulled no punches Sunday in a grovelling apology for unfairly overtaking Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber to win the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The German's apology, during a tense press conference featuring both drivers, did little to appease the emotional Webber, who led into the closing stages and had been told by his team that he could cruise to victory with Vettel second.
Instead, Vettel ignored team orders and plunged past his team-mate with a risky overtaking manoeuvre, snatching his 27th grand prix and denying Webber his 10th.
"I cannot say much more than I did a mistake, I'm not proud I did it. If I had the chance to do it again I would do it differently," Vettel said.
SEBASTIAN VETTEL (RedBull - Renault)
Grand Prix of Malaysia
Pos
Coureur
Nat
Team
Tijd/Achter
1
Sebastian Vettel
DLD
RedBull - Renault
1:38:56,681
2
Mark Webber
AUS
RedBull - Renault
+ 4.2 sec
3
Lewis Hamilton
GB
McLaren - Mercedes
+ 12.1 sec
4
Nico Rosberg
DLD
Mercedes
+ 12.6 sec
5
Felipe Massa
BRA
Ferrari
+ 25.6 sec
6
Romain Grosjean
FRA
Lotus - Renault
+ 35.5 sec
7
Kimi Raikkonen
FIN
Lotus - Renault
+ 48.4 sec
8
Nico Hülkenberg
GER
Sauber-Ferrari
+ 53.0 sec
9
Sergio Perez
MEX
Mc Laren - Mercedes
+ 72.3 sec
10
Jean-Eric Vergne
FRA
STR - Ferrari
+ 87.1 sec
11
Valtteri Bottas
FIN
Williams - Renault
+ 88.6 sec
12
Esteban Gutierrez
MEX
Sauber - Ferrari
+ 1 ronde
13
Jules Bianchi
FRA
Marussia - Cosworth
+ 1 ronde
14
Charles Pic
FRA
Caterham - Renault
+ 1 ronde
15
Giedo van der Garde
NED
Caterham - Renault
+ 1 ronde
16
Max Chilton
GB
Marussia - Cosworth
+ 2 ronde
17
Jenson Button
GB
McLaren - Mercedes
+ 3 ronde
16
Daniel Ricciardo
AUS
STR - Ferrari
+ 5 ronde
Ret
Pastor Maldonado
VEN
Williams - Renault
DNF
Ret
Adrian Sutil
DLD
Force India - Mercedes
DNF
Ret
Paul Di Resta
GB
Force India - Mercedes
DNF
Ret
Fernando Alonso
ES
Ferrari
DNF
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