US GP: Did Sebastian Vettel deserve three-place grid penalty?

Sebastian Vettel's hopes of denying Lewis Hamilton a fifth title this weekend are in tatters after he was handed a three-place grid penalty at the United States GP. But did he deserve the punishment?

Vettel was penalised after stewards judged that he failed to slow sufficiently under red flag conditions, but the rule, which had already been enforced twice this season, has been criticised by many in the paddock.

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But what do you think? Was it too harsh?

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