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Vettel gets five penalty points on Aston Martin debut

Sebastian Vettel's underwhelming Aston Martin debut saw him leave the Bahrain Grand Prix with five penalty points on his superlicence for two different incidents during the weekend.

Vettel struggled throughout his first weekend with his new team and finished 15th of 16 finishers, ahead of only Haas' Mick Schumacher.

Late in the race, Vettel drove into the back of Alpine's Esteban Ocon at Turn 1. Both drivers managed to get their cars started again after the collision but it forced Vettel to pit.

Vettel suggested Ocon had changed his line under braking but the stewards disagreed, handing Vettel a ten-second time penalty and two penalty points on his superlicence.