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‘By the letter of the law, Vettel was guilty'

Former F1 racer turned pundit Jolyon Palmer says he is in 'complete agreement' with Sebastian Vettel's penalty as he either 'crowded' a rival or returned to the track in an unsafe way. Vettel was hit with a five-second time penalty in the Canadian Grand Prix, which cost him the race win. Trying to keep Lewis Hamilton at bay around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Vettel made a mistake at Turns 3/4 and ran off the track. The German returned just ahead of Hamilton, cutting off the Brit and pushing him close to the wall. Vettel maintains his momentum carried him and he wasn't even aware that Hamilton was that close. The stewards felt he had made an 'unsafe' return and penalised him. The...
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