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Hamilton hits out at NASCAR-style Safety Car

Lewis Hamilton reckons Sunday's Safety Car at the Belgian Grand Prix was put out for 'no reason' and was rather a move designed to up the ante in the grand prix. Hamilton was forced to fend off Sebastian Vettel twice at Spa on Sunday, first at the start and then again at the restart. The latter was the result of a Safety Car deployed because of debris from Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon's coming together. And Hamilton was not impressed. 'I felt like it was a bit like NASCAR where they keep putting out the Safety Cars for no reason,' he said. 'The wing was clear after we'd slowed down, and they could have done a VSC but I guess they wanted to see a race. That's for sure the reason they did...
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