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Daniel Ricciardo: Sebastian Vettel does not think before he acts

Azerbaijan Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo says Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel got "over-excited" and needs to calm down after being penalised for dangerous driving in Sunday's race.

Vettel was handed a 10 second stop-go penalty as punishment for deliberately hitting Lewis Hamilton under a Safety Car period. Vettel was ultimately able to extend his championship advantage to 14 points by finishing fourth and one place ahead of Hamilton, who later said his title rival had "disgraced himself".

Ricciardo, who was Vettel's teammate at Red Bull in 2014, was aided by the incident -- and an unscheduled pit stop for Hamilton to fix a loose headrest -- on his way to pulling off a remarkable victory having dropped as low as 17th during the early stages in Baku.