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Villeneuve says Vettel's Hamilton swipe no "big issue"
Jacques Villeneuve has come out in defence of Sebastian Vettel after the German's lunge at Lewis Hamilton in the Azerbaijan GP. Vettel swerved into Hamilton's Mercedes during a safety car restart in the Baku F1 race, believing he had been brake-tested by the Briton in the preceding corner. The Ferrari driver received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty, but many - Hamilton himself among them - insisted the sanction was not severe enough. Villeneuve, who 20 years ago was involved in a notorious collision with Michael Schumacher in the 1997 title finale at Jerez, said that incident - which led to Schumacher being excluded from the championship standings - was not similar to the Baku flare-up....
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