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Whiting absolves Vettel of Baku restart 'antics'

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says that he sees no problem with the way that Sebastian Vettel handled the first restart during Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The race was placed under a safety car for an early accident involving Force India's Esteban Ocon. As the race leader, Vettel was at the head of the field going to the restart line on lap 6. However, Hamilton was unhappy with the way that the Ferrari managed the process. "You are not allowed to start and stop, start and stop," he said. "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." Hamilton indicated that he...
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