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JV: Hitting Bottas would have only cost Kimi 5s

Jacques Villeneuve reckons if Kimi Raikkonen had hit Valtteri Bottas instead of Lewis Hamilton, he would have received a lesser penalty at the British Grand Prix. The Finn crashed into Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap of Sunday's British Grand Prix, earning him a 10-second time penalty. However, such is the stewarding in Formula 1, the former World Champion Villeneuve reckons it would have been a smaller punishment had he hit anyone but Hamilton. 'I don't understand why it's 10 seconds, and another time it's five, sometimes it's nothing,' JV told Autosport. 'That's what's wrong. It's racing. 'I don't like it when there are racing penalties, it should be for dirty driving, which is a...
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