Lewis Hamilton wants to win ‘the right way’

A defiant Lewis Hamilton has promised to win this year’s Formula One championship “the right way” after his clash with title rival Sebastian Vettel in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Vettel was penalised with a 10-second stop-and-go penalty during a chaotic race at Baku City Circuit after he banged wheels with Hamilton. Vettel believed that the British driver had deliberately brake-tested him during one of three safety car periods. However, telemetry from Hamilton’s Mercedes proved that the 32-year-old Englishman had not been acting in an unusual manner prior to the collision.

Hamilton’s rivalry with Vettel this season had been noted for its cordiality, but that changed in an instant against the backdrop of Caspian Sea.