Sebastian Vettel Justifies his Safety Car Tactics after Hamilton’s Criticism

While it was a bittersweet victory for Lewis Hamilton at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, in his post race interview asked the FIA to justify Sebastian Vettel’s tactics behind the first safety car. Vettel apparently slowed down the entire grid before rocketing off at the restart.

“You are not allowed to start and stop, start and stop [at the safety car restart],” said Hamilton.

“You’re not allowed to fake the guy behind.

“If there was not that rule, that’s what you’d do because eventually you’d catch them sleeping.”