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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, of Germany, celebrates after the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Vettel overcame a first-lap crash to clinch his third straight Formula One championship title on Sunday, finishing sixth in an incident-filled Brazilian Grand Prix won by Jenson Button under pouring rain. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Ferrari considering an appeal that could put Sebastian Vettel’s fresh Formula 1 title at risk

MARANELLO, Italy – Ferrari is considering an appeal that could put Sebastian Vettel’s Formula One title at risk.

Video from Sunday’s season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix appears to show that Vettel passed a Toro Rosso car while there was a yellow caution light lit. If a rules breach is proven, Vettel could be hit with a 20-second penalty, which would move him from sixth to eighth place in the race and give Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso the F1 title by one point.

Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni tells The Associated Press that “we’re looking at the video. We have until tomorrow to file an appeal.”

One of the videos was taken from a camera lodged on Vettel’s Red Bull car.

Alonso finished second in the race but Vettel won the title by three points.

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