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Inside Line: What happened in Baku should stay in Baku

The ‘road rage' incident during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, involving Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, has gone viral and split the opinions of F1 fans, igniting heated debates and now it appears that the FIA boss Jean Todt wants to have a say too. On the day, Vettel was slapped with a 10 seconds stop-and-go penalty for his rush of blood to the head. It would be fair to say that is what he deserved and honestly the FIA's intention to re-visit the matter on an official level is simply not warranted. Some elements of the British media are calling for a one-race ban for the Ferrari driver, which smacks of tribalism and would be absurd. The facts are: Vettel over-reacted to Hamilton's...
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