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Hill: Drivers can't use their car as a weapon

Damon Hill understands the recent spate of penalties, saying F1 cannot become a sport where 'you use your car as a weapon'. Last time out at Silverstone, two of Britain's three drivers were penalised for hitting others. George Russell got a three-place grid penalty for hitting Carlos Sainz on the opening lap of the sprint qualifying while Lewis Hamilton received a 10-second penalty for crashing into Max Verstappen, putting the Red Bull driver out of the race. The penalties were just the latest in what feels like a very long list for this season, and often controversial. Hill feels FIA race director Michael Masi is trying to clampdown on drivers using their cars as 'weapons', instead doing...
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