WATCH: Vettel and Ricciardo have contact, Vettel spins

Utkarsh Bhatla | 22/10/2018

Sebastian Vettel had to drive out of his skin today in order to ensure that Hamilton would not clinch the title, especially because he was starting with P5, thanks to the 3 place grid penalty slapped on him due to the FP 1 incident.

On lap 1 it seemed as if Vettel was up for the task as he managed to get past Ricciardo, but Ricciardo then tried to reclaim his place.

Vettel made a massive mistake right there, not allowing Ricciardo any space, causing the two to collide. Vettel then spun and rejoined the race right from the tail.

Vettel has had similar incidents all through the season and now he will have to absolutely drive perfectly in order to get up the field.

He has been able to get into 5th place, thanks to Ricciardo retiring, due to an engine problem.

Due to Ricciardo’s retirement, the VSC was deployed and Hamilton came into the pits and switched onto the soft tyres.

Check out some twitter reactions regarding Vettel’s mistake:

Check out the video of the crash:

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