F1 Azerbaijan GP: Vettel had 'a tourettes moment' hitting Hamilton - Horner

Sebastian Vettel's former boss Christian Horner puts his clash with Hamilton in Baku down to a "tourettes moment".
09.06.2017- Christian Horner (GBR), Red Bull Racing, Sporting Director
09.06.2017- Christian Horner (GBR), Red Bull Racing, Sporting Director
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Red Bull Formula 1 chief Christian Horner says that Ferrari's Sebastian Ve🌃ttel had a "tourettes moment" during Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he swiped Lewis Hamilton while running behind the safety car.

Vettel was ไhit with a 10-second time penalty in Baku for dangerous driving after running into Hamilton, although the Briton felt it wꦕas too lenient a sanction.

Vettel's former boss Horner agreed that a penalty was warranted in the race, believing it was a heat of the moment move fr🥀om the four-time world champion.

"It looked like Sebastian obviously felt that Lewis brake-tested him and then 🥀it just looked like a red-mist moment, where he's lost it and taken a swipe at him, which was only ever going to result in a penalty," Horner said.

"But it's heat of the moment stuff. A🅘 penalty was inevitable after that. I guess Lewis was upset🌞 about it because after he'd served his own effective penalty, he came out behind him. It's down to the stewards."

When asked if he 🌊was ꦇsurprised by Vettel's actions, Horner said: "He's obviously had, momentarily, a tourettes moment.

"Emotions are running high, they're fighting for a world championship. I think it's an immense bit of rivalry between the two of them for the rest of the season. I think it♒'s going to be a great championship battle throughout ✃the rest of this year.

"I hope as we are gaining in competitiveness that we can - I think we are too far out of contention to compete for the championship - but I think we're gaining performance and speed🌟 to be able to compete for race wins, as we❀ get more performance on the car."

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