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Liberty Media does not mind the incident between Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton in Baku and think such a huge fuss shouldn't have been caused. After Vettel received no further action for the incident, CEO of F1 Chase Carey said: "A little drama on the track can not hurt."
With no other penalty to follow, F1 heads to Austria, home to Vettel's former team Red Bull. Helmut Marko, who brought Vettel into F1 is also delighted that the situation will not drag on: "I am very happy that there is no further punishment," said Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, who brought Vettel into F1. It was just an emotional reaction to Hamilton's strategic manouvre."
Niki Lauda, who is a non-executive chairman at Mercedes has vowed to put the incident behind him. Lauda was previously critical of the actions of Vettel: "I criticised Vettel because he did not see his mistake," he told Bild newspaper. Now that he has apologised, the incident for me is over."
Fergal Walsh
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Login to replySmiler121
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Headlines make for publicity, if drivers want to act like a fool it gets everyone talking about the sport - just don't keep letting them say sorry too many times without facing real consequences for errant behaviour.
f1ski
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Take a playbook from Lemans give the back markers a weight adjustment to create parity like they once did in NASCAR. This will create more sponsorship and interest. Look how interesting it was in Baku. Crashes created the parity there.