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Lewis Hamilton is under investigation by the stewards for appearing to block Max Verstappen in second practice for the French Grand Prix .
Less than a fortnight after Sebastian Vettel was stripped of his win in Canada for rejoining the circuit in an unsafe manner, Hamilton's incident with Verstappen will now be probed.
Hamilton ran off the Circuit Paul Ricard at the fourth bend after losing control of his Mercedes as he entered the corner.
He then came back on to the circuit with Verstappen running off the road to avoid Hamilton's recovering Mercedes. The world champion held his left hand up to apologise to Verstappen.
Hamilton will now wait to see if the stewards take any action.
F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in picturesShow all 28 1 /28F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel said he is falling out of love with Formula One after a controversial penalty denied him victory in Canada.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Lewis Hamilton was promoted to first place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - the British star claiming his fifth win from seven rounds - following Vettel's five-second punishment for almost crashing into his Mercedes rival.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Backing their driver, Ferrari said they were "disappointed" by the steward's decision and will appeal.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures On lap 48, and with Hamilton crawling all over his Ferrari gearbox, Vettel lost control, sliding over the grass at the third bend before re-joining the track.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures But Hamilton, who was forced to brake to avoid a collision with the recovering Ferrari driver, accused Vettel of dangerous driving. The stewards concurred, hitting the German with a timed penalty and slapping him with two points on his licence.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "This is not the sport I fell in love with," said Vettel. "We all sound like lawyers. It just gives no edge to the sport.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "I am a purist. I love going back and looking at the old times, the old cars, the old drivers. It is an honour when you have the chance to meet them and speak to them. They are heroes.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "I really love that, but I just wish I could do what I do in their time, rather than today. It is not just about this decision, but other decisions, too.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "We have an official language, and it is wrong. We should be able to say what we think, but we are not. In this regard, I disagree with where the sport is now.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "I re-joined the track, Lewis had to react, but for me that is racing, and a lot of the old Formula One drivers, and people in the grandstands here would agree that this is part of racing.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "It hurts me today because it impacts my race result, but this is also part of a bigger criteria."
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto said they were "naturally disappointed".
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "Most of all our thoughts are with Sebastian and the spectators. As for Seb, I don't think he could have done things differently, which is why we have decided to appeal the Stewards' decision," he said.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "We leave Canada knowing that today, as indeed over the whole weekend, we proved we were competitive and that fact has been a confidence booster for the whole team."
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Ferrari has four days to gather evidence before progressing with the appeal.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Britain's 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell said the incident was "very embarrassing".
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "No joy in watching this race. Two champions driving brilliantly, ending in a false result," he wrote on Twitter.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures "What's Seb supposed to do? Crazy. The car stepped out. At that point he was a passenger."
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Hamilton was jeered on the podium - the strong contingent of Ferrari supporters in North America unhappy with a penalty which denied Vettel his first win since last August's Belgian Grand Prix and the Scuderia's first of a disappointing campaign.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Vettel was furious with the decision, complaining over the radio before initially refusing to take part in the podium celebrations.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures He marched in front of Hamilton's parked-up Mercedes and removed the board declaring he had finished first, replacing it with the second-place marker reserved for his Ferrari.
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F1: Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Sebastian Vettel's meltdown in pictures Hamilton, who is now 29 points clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the championship, said: "All I can say is that I didn't make the decision. I don't know what they are booing at."
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After topping the time charts in the opening running, Hamilton trailed Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas later in the day.
Bottas finished nearly half a second clear of world champion, with the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Vettel third and fourth respectively.
The Ferrari pair were six and seven tenths down on Bottas with Mercedes, who have won every race this season, again appearing to hold the advantage.
Back on track, British teenager Lando Norris finished an impressive fifth as his encouraging start to life in Formula One continued.
The 19-year-old was the only non-Mercedes and Ferrari driver to end the day within one second of Bottas' best time.
Indeed, Norris was ahead of both Red Bulls, in Verstappen and Pierre Gasly, who was eighth, and Carlos Sainz in the sister McLaren.
Sainz finished seventh, almost six tenths slower than Norris.
English novice George Russell finished 19th, half a second clear of his Williams team-mate Robert Kubica.
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