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Sebastian Vettel gracious in defeat, congratulates Lewis Hamilton on fifth F1 title
2018 drivers' runner-up Sebastian Vettel was gracious in defeat after Lewis Hamilton clinched his fifth Formula 1 world championship at the Mexican Grand Prix. Vettel needed to win all three remaining races with Hamilton outside of the top seven, however, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen taking the victory in Mexico, Vettel finally lost out on being able to overhaul Hamilton. In the immediate post-race interviews, the Ferrari driver spoke to former F1 driver David Coulthard and even cut his interview short with the Scotsman to go and congratulate Hamilton in person. 'I congratulated him,' said the German. 'I think he drove superb all year and was the better one of us two, I told him...
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