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Villeneuve: "Hamilton made sure Rosberg was a worthy champion"

Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve says that Lewis Hamilton's approach to the Abu Dhabi title decider was fair - and that the Briton "made sure" Nico Rosberg wound up a worthy champion. Villeneuve, who was involved in title showdowns in 1996 and 1997, says he would have adopted the same tactics as Hamilton if were needed - and that Mercedes trying to intervene was a "shame". "It was a great race, Lewis did what he could, was never dirty," Villeneuve told Motorsport.com. "The only shame is the messages from his team. That doesn't come out too well, because Lewis didn't do anything dirty, he played with what he had. "So that was fine, and there...
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