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Palmer: Hamilton took defeat like a champion
Jolyon Palmer has praised Lewis Hamilton for taking his controversial defeat to Max Verstappen 'like a champion.' The Mercedes driver looked set to claim his eighth title in the season finale in Abu Dhabi, leading relatively comfortably for the vast majority of the race, but everything changed in the closing stages. A crash from Nicholas Latifi brought out a Safety Car, allowing Max Verstappen to put on fresh tyres and close the gap ahead of him to the seven-time World Champion. He still had five backmarkers in front of him to clear though, but his task was made all the easier when Michael Masi told them all to get out of the way and unlap themselves, allowing the Dutchman to pass his...
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