YEONGAM, South Korea (AP) _ Force India's Adrian Sutil and Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi will carry five-place grid penalties into the Brazilian Grand Prix after being blamed for causing crashes during Sunday's wet and wild Korean Grand Prix.
Sutil collided with Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi and said his brakes were malfunctioning. The stewards appeared unconvinced and slapped Sutil with an additional $10,000 fine.
``I had so much brake force that I was always locking up and it was hard to drive consistently,'' Sutil said.
``In the end I tried to overtake Kobayashi but lost the car on a patch that was a bit more wet than I expected and went into the side of him.''
Buemi had a similar moment. The Swiss driver tried to overtake Virgin's Timo Glock at the end of a straight but could not control the car under braking on the wet track and took out his rival, ending the race for both.
``I braked late and locked the front wheels, so I could not turn and ended up going straight on and hitting Timo,'' Buemi said. ``I am sorry for him.''
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