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Lewis Hamilton approaching Charlie Whiting directly was 'regrettable' - Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton shouldn't have approached the FIA's Charlie Whiting directly over team-mate Nico Rosberg's yellow flag incident in Hungary, according to technical boss Paddy Lowe. Lowe insists Hamilton should have addressed his concerns to the team, and then they could have relayed them to Whiting. In Hungary Rosberg set his pole lap whilst passing through a double-waved yellow flag zone following Fernando Alonso's spin. The matter was investigated by the stewards, but they chose not to take action as data proved Rosberg had lifted off the throttle and slowed. Hamilton, who believes a driver should slow considerably when passing an incident, went and spoke to...
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