Bernie Ecclestone knows a bad move when he sees one, but when it comes to the Ham-Vettel clash in Baku, the former F1 supremo appears to defend the Ferrari driver.

There was overwhelming condemnation of Vettel's wheel-banging antics today in the media, and lots of support for Hamilton.

Mr. E on the other hand apparently has an opposing view.

"As far as the Hamilton vs Vettel incident is concerned, these things happen in racing," the chairman emeritus of F1 told FormulaPassion.

"I think that Hamilton was trying to put Vettel in trouble by breaking and make the accident happen. Vettel's reaction was normal to let Hamilton know that he was aware for this reason."

Both Vettel and Bernie seem to ignore the facts. But everyone is entitled to an opinion...

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