Lewis Hamilton has backed up Sebastian Vettel's claims that he didn't try all that hard in Melbourne, saying once Valtteri Bottas had the gap, he didn't see a reason to 'push and keep close.' The Mercedes driver finished a distant second to his team-mate in Melbourne with the defict between the two since explained as serious damage to the floor of Hamilton's W10. But on the time it was a strange occurance as Hamilton was not able to keep pace with Bottas, dropping back into the clutches of first Vettel and then Max Verstappen. He managed to hold on to second place with Vettel saying he felt the Brit was 'playing', going as far to say he was 'probably bored and not happy because he lost the...
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