Karthikeyan has now come out fighting, slating Vettel for what he perceives as
his unprofessional attitude this week, unbecoming of a world champion.
Speaking to the Hindustan Times, Karthikeyan said: “For a world
champion to say things like that is really shameful. It is really
unprofessional. For a driver who has achieved so much, to take out his
frustrations on me just because he is having a difficult year is really sad.
“One does not expect a professional sportsman to be such a cry baby.”
To add to Karthikeyan’s woes, the stewards felt him to be in the wrong as they
added 20 seconds to his time post-race.
Karthikeyan alleged that Vettel used his position as world champion to
influence the stewards. “They didn’t care about what I had to say because Mr
Vettel told them God knows what when he went and talked to them.”