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Lewis Hamilton has fears that younger drivers will take a bad example of Vettel's driving in Baku, where the two men hit each other twice. Vettel accused Hamilton of brake testing him and drove alongside the Brit to confront him. Vettel turned into the Mercedes, which resulted in Vettel receiving a 10-second stop and go penalty.
"I think ultimately what happened was disrespectful," said Hamilton. "There are a lot of kids from other classes and categories watching us on TV and to see a multi-world champion who you think would behave better than that, do that - that's the kind of thing you see in go-karts, which you learn from not doing in karts. I hope that kids don't see that in F2 and GP3 and think that's the right way."
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Hamilton went on to deny that he had brake tested Vettel, backing up his argument by stating the stewards looked into the incident and decided not to penalise Hamilton: "I didn't do any brake testing, I just did the same thing that I'd done on the previous laps and when the safety car lights go out I am able to control the pace.
"I did the same on the previous lap and the previous lap before that... Generally the car behind wants to get as close as possible and honestly I think it's a misjudgement from him (Sebastian). To blame it on the car in front I think, some people don't like to own up to their own mistakes. But it doesn't really bother me.
"The stewards looked at my data and the reason I didn't get a penalty is because I didn't (do a brake-test). I don't have any intention to brake-test anyone, I'm leading the race why brake-test him? There's absolutely no thought that comes to mind that would give you a reason to want to do that. There's zero benefit."
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Such idiotic comments. Does he think F2 and GP3 drivers are new to racing? What a patronising crybaby