Ferrari ends its Vettel complaint

Ferrari says the controversy over world champion Sebastian Vettel's driving in the Brazilian Grand Prix is "closed". Ferrari have now received an official response from governing body the FIA after requesting clarification on whether Vettel overtook illegally during the race. The team says it "takes notice" and "considers the matter closed". $render("advert","advert-companion","20487591"); $render("advert-post-script-load"); Vettel's road to glory in 2012equire( { baseUrl: "http://static.bbci.co.uk/sport/ui/3.0.0/js/desktop/" }, ["empswitch"], function(empswitch) { empswitch.init(); } ); It says it raised the issue because the incident "could have left a shadow in the eyes of all the fans of Formula 1". Ferrari had approached the FIA after concerns were raised over on-board footage from Vettel's car that appeared to show he had passed Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso in an area where overtaking was forbidden. But the FIA has made it clear that Vettel did not begin his move until passing a green flag, indicating the end of the no-overtaking zone, which is not clearly visible on the video. The penalty for overtaking in a 'yellow' caution zone, if applied after the race, is 20 seconds added to a driver's race time. If that had happened to Vettel, he would have been demoted to eighth place and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso would have won the championship by one point. Ferrari said: "The request for a clarification from the FIA, regarding Vettel's passing move on Vergne, came about through the need to shed light on the circumstances of the move, which came out on the internet only a few days after the race.