Whether we wanted it or not, in the last couple of weeks a new - or rather old - element has been introduced to Formula One... needle. By that, we don't mean the Sound of Music version - as in 'needle pulling thread' - rather the slang version which means to 'provoke or annoy by continual criticism or questioning'. It began with Lewis Hamilton's comments post-Britain regarding Ferrari's 'interesting tactics' - by which he meant Ferraris drivers deliberately crashing into him and his teammate, a claim subsequently supported by team boss Toto Wolff and technical boss James Allison. Then came Hamilton's questioning of Vettel and Ferrari's Silverstone celebrations, the Briton suggesting that...
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