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Lauda: Five seconds is nothing for Vettel's 'enormous' mistake
An incensed Niki Lauda has spoken of his frustration at the five second penalty given to Sebastian Vettel for his collission with Valtteri Bottas on the first lap of the French Grand Prix, branding it 'nothing' for 'such an enormous mistake'. Vettel ploughed into the back of Bottas, damaging his own front nose and puncturing the Mercedes' man tyre, meaning both men had to pit and were forced to traverse the entire field in order to get back into the points. The German in the end had to settle for fifth position, losing significant ground on race winner and now championship leader Lewis Hamilton, but Lauda felt that the punishment for the incident should have been more severe. He fumed...
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