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Stewart defends Vettel's ‘inappropriate behaviour'

Although Sir Jackie Stewart has labelled Sebastian Vettel's antics in Baku as 'inappropriate behaviour', he says there were mitigating circumstances. Vettel was slapped with a ten-second stop-go penalty and three penalty points on his licence after for 'dangerous driving' during Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Believing that he had been brake-checked by Lewis Hamilton, Vettel pulled alongside the Brit and drove into him. And while Stewart says that was 'wrong', he feels Vettel was provoked by Hamilton's actions. 'What created the incident is what occurred when Lewis slowed down so quickly in a very unlikely place. You have got to take that into account,' he told City AM. 'That was a shock...
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