Vettel Reprimanded, Vergne Handed Three-Place Grid Penalty

German Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel, who took pole position in Suzuka today, has received an official reprimand from stewards for allegedly holding up Spanish Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso during qualifying.

Just shortly after Vettel stormed to his fourth pole position of 2012, it was revealed that he was under investigation by FIA-appointed stewards.

Both Alonso and Vettel, with a representative of Ferrari and Red Bull Racing, were summoned before the stewards and asked to explain their version of events.

While Vettel received a reprimand for his action, French Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne was handed a three-place grid penalty for hindering Williams's driver Bruno Senna during the Japanese qualifying session.

2025 F1 Championship Standings (as of April 13)

P	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	77
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	74
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	69
4	George Russell	Mercedes	63
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	32
6	Andrea Antonelli	Mercedes	30
7	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	25
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	18
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas	14
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	10
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	6
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas	6
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	6
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	5
15	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	4
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	0
19	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0
20	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	0

P	Team	Points
1	McLaren F1 Team	151
Poles: 3 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 3
2	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	93
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
3	Oracle Red Bull Racing	71
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1
4	Scuderia Ferrari HP	57
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 0
5	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	20
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
6	Atlassian Williams Racing	19
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	10
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls	7
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	6
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	BWT Alpine F1 Team	6
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0

2025 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of April 13)

P	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marc Marquez	Ducati Lenovo	123
2	Alex Marquez	Gresini Racing	106
3	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo	97
4	Franco Morbidelli	Pertamina Enduro VR46	78
5	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46	48
6	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	38
7	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia Racing	32
8	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha	30
9	Ai Ogura	Trackhouse Racing	29
10	Luca Marini	Honda HRC Castrol	26
11	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull KTM	24
12	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM	22
13	Enea Bastianini	KTM Tech3	21
14	Fermin Aldeguer	Gresini Racing	20
15	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	19
16	Alex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha	14
17	Joan Mir	Honda HRC Castrol	10
18	Maverick Viñales	KTM Tech3	8
19	Raul Fernandez	Trackhouse Racing	5
20	Augusto Fernandez	Pramac Racing	3
21	Miguel Oliveira	Pramac Racing	2
22	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing	1
23	Somkiat Chantra	Idemitsu Honda LCR	0
24	Jorge Martin	Aprilia Racing	0

P	Team	Points
1	Ducati Lenovo Team	220
Poles: 4 Sprint wins: 4 GP wins: 4
2	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	126
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
3	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	126
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	46
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
5	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	44
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
6	Honda LCR MotoGP	38
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	Honda HRC Castrol	36
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	34
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Aprilia Racing	33
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	Red Bull KTM Tech3	29
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
11	Prima Pramac Racing	24
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0