The issue for Vettel was that rain was in the air, and Ferrari had just taken a huge strategy gamble, to come back in for a different type of tyre, and having his car weighed could have meant that he suffered very badly.
Contrary to the FIA’s initial communication, Vettel did stop the engine when on the scales, and they were able to properly weigh the car.
Toto Wolff: “But we understand that Ferrari where they are now and their only way of staying in the fifth for the constructors’ championship is to do things differently and take risks and today it paid off.”

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