WATCH: Hamilton Banters With Sebastian Vettel Over the Same Thing That Verstappen Was Penalized For

Sebastian Vettel is a 4-time world champion, but many know him as “Inspector Seb”. The German driver is known to inspect his rivals’ car during a Grand Prix weekend, and back at the Australian Grand Prix in 2017 things weren’t so different.

While he was being questioned by the media, Lewis Hamilton was standing not too far from him. The Mercedes driver asked the then-Ferrari driver if he touched his car or not. This resulted in some banter which is adored by the F1 community to this day.

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel indulge in banter at the Australian GP

After the post-qualifying session, Hamilton was answering some questions from the media and asked Vettel what he was doing near his car. This led to both of them laughing; creating an iconic moment between the two.

Lewis said, “Sebastian, I have heard you have been touching my car, is that true? You were looking or touching my car? he said you were touching my car. Touching ah okay.” Vettel responded, “Just looking.” The interaction didn’t just leave the two F1 drivers laughing, but left everyone around them with a smile.

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Vettel joked about touching Hamilton’s rearing wing at the Brazilian GP

The 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix was engulfed in drama. After the qualifying session, Max Verstappen touched the rear wing of his arch-rival, Hamilton. This incident saw the Dutch driver receive a hefty fine from the FIA. After Sunday’s race, Vettel was in parc ferme and joked about doing what Max had done earlier, and that was to touch the Mercedes driver’s car.

He came on the team radio and said, “Okay, thank you, I am going to touch Hamilton’s rear wing.” His comments made the Aston Martin burst into laughter with his race engineer saying, “Don’t you dare. Very expensive,” Vettel soon responded, “I am only joking. Ill try the front wing, maybe it’s twenty-five grand.”

With two more races to go before the season comes to an end, do you think the F1 community will get to see more of “Inspector Seb”? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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