Hamilton on Vettel-Bottas: "Shouldn't finish ahead of the guy you took out"

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18:45, 24 Jun 2018

Lewis Hamilton has had his say on the Vettel-Bottas crash, and the Brit thinks it is unjust that Vettel eventually finished ahead of Bottas even though he was the one causing the crash.

Hamilton himself comfortably finished first, but that doesn't mean that he won't take it up for his teammate.

"I've not seen it in detail, they quickly played something back there on the screen," he told Sky Sports F1.

"It's disappointing for the team because we had a chance to get a one-two and that's the ultimate goal.

"Valtteri really had done a solid job all weekend, as he has really been doing this year."

That's what made the crash all the more heart-breaking for Hamilton.

"We are all going into turn one as hard as we could but ultimately when someone destroys your race through an error and it's kind of a tap on the hand really and just allowed to come back and still come back and still finish ahead of that person he took out it doesn't weigh up.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Hamilton on Vettel-Bottas: "Shouldn't finish ahead of the guy you took out"

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