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Lewis Hamilton was down on luck at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix , after dominating the race until his headrest worked loose and forced him to pit from the lead with victory in sight , but the biggest talking point will be an incident with world championship contender Sebastian Vettel .
During a chaotic race , around the unforgiving Baku City Circuit , just before the second restart after a safety car period Hamilton slowed to bunch up the field , at which point Vettel unexpectedly clattered into the rear of the Mercedes , clearly underestimating the speed .
The German then pulled alongside Hamilton waving his hands in as apparent show of anger and before appearing to swerve right into Hamilton as the pair rubbed wheels . When watching the reaction ‘ road rage ’ sprang to mind …
Vettel was handed a ten seconds drive through penalty for his indiscretion which he served but emerged ahead of Hamilton who had to pit a little eralier to rectify the loose headrest on his car
When he realised that Vettel was ahead , Hamilton said on the radio , “ A 10-second penalty is not enough for driver behaviour like that .” And added , “ You know that , Charlie .”
After the race , in which he finished fifth and behind Vettel , he was subdued when he told reporters , “ I think it ’ s just not driver conduct . It ’ s dangerous driving and to get a 10-second penalty for that … I don ’ t need to say anything else .”