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Lauda baffled by lenient Vettel penalty
Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has said that Sebastian Vettel should have been given a bigger penalty for his 'enormous mistake' at the French Grand Prix. Vettel locked up at the first turn and tagged Valtteri Bottas, causing damage to both cars and leaving both drivers with a recovery mission from the back of the grid. Vettel was handed a five-second penalty by the stewards for the collision, but Lauda, as well as Lewis Hamilton, have seriously questioned whether that was the right punishment. 'I think we could have done [finished with a Mercedes 1-2], and why Vettel only gets five seconds for this enormous mistake I don't really understand. It is too little,' Lauda told Sky...
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