SPIELBERG, Austria -- Sebastian Vettel has laughed off the suggestion that his recent mistakes could cost him the title, saying they have simply been the result of racing hard.
Vettel locked up while going for the lead in the final laps of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, giving him tyre damage and dropping him back down the order in a race eventually won by championship title rival Lewis Hamilton. Last week in France Vettel hit Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1, relegating him down the order and costing him more points to Hamilton, who claimed victory from pole position.