Sebastian Vettel says he is disappointed by the stewards’ decision to reject Ferrari’s request for his Canadian Grand Prix penalty to be reviewed.

Asked whether he was surprised the request was denied, Vettel said: “No.”

“I think we have so many pages in our regulations that if you want I think you’ll find a paragraph that suits,” he explained.

“We obviously don’t share the opinion of the stewards during the race,” Vettel added. “We thought we could bring something new. Obviously now it’s disappointing that it doesn’t go any further but that’s it, you have to move on.”

Ferrari presented seven elements at the hearing which it claimed were new. The stewards ruled five of them were not new and the other two were not significant or relevant.

Vettel believes the sport has become over-regulated because run-off areas rarely punish drivers for going off the circuit.

“The problem is that we are heard with these things. I think this started a long time ago when it was about ‘did he cross the white line, use too much kerb’.

“Let us do what we want. If you are unhappy with how we race or how we drive then build different tracks. It’s easy as that. Don’t build car parks with lines and kerbs on it like [this] one.

“So anyway it is what it is. As I said there are too many paragraphs but what do you change, how can you change? Just burn the papers.”

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