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Hakkinen Berates Hamilton’s Sub-standard Behaviour

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Former FIA Formula One World Champion Mika Hakkinen has spoken out against Lewis Hamilton‘s “sub-standard behaviour” in Monaco last weekend.

Speaking in Finland’s Ilta Sanomat newspaper Hakkinen said that he did not like what Hamilton had done when he accused team-mate Nico Rosberg of sabotaging his qualifying session

“It’s hard to tell if something is going to change significantly, I don’t know if Lewis would even consider apologising for his behaviour. It is a very individual thing.

“But in my opinion, one of the characteristics of a good winner is that he also knows how to lose,” Hakkinen added.

Talking about the qualifying incident Hakkinen isn’t too sure it was a deliberate action.

“To me it is clear he locked his brakes at Mirabeau,” said the Finn. “It is downhill there with nasty bumps and so making a mistake is easy to do.

“Nico is an honest guy,” Hakkinen added, “but you can also see on the computer very precisely where he hit the brakes.”

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