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Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has supported the FIA in its decision to launch an investigation into the incident involving Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Vettel has come under criticism after he was deemed to have deliberately hit Lewis Hamilton under the safety car.
The stewards handed Vettel a ten-second stop/go penalty which accumulated to thirty seconds after the length of time it took to travel the pit-lane was taken into account. The FIA announced that it would be investigating the incident to "further examine the causes of the (Hamilton) incident in order to evaluate whether further action is necessary".
The outcome will be announced before the Austrian Grand Prix in a week's time, and Lauda said it is right that the FIA has decided to take it further: "What makes it even worse is that Vettel took absolutely no blame -- although that is always so with him," he said. "I can understand Lewis' anger and I'm really angry as well. Why couldn't he just say 'It was my mistake, I screwed up'?
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Well niki, that´s not correct. He said after mexico it was his mistake, and he even wrote a personal letter to Charlie, so don´t say it´s always the same with Seb..
And let´s be honest: what about Lewis´ driving in Austria where he deliberately crashed into Nico.. He even didn´t get a pena... [Read more]