How F1's title fight exploded amid Baku chaos
Neither Lewis Hamilton nor Sebastian Vettel finished on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix podium, but it was their on-track altercation that made the headlines - and might just have ignited a previously civil title fight
After seven races of mutual respect and cordial competition, the 2017 Formula 1 title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel finally got physical on the streets of Azerbaijan.
A chaotic recipe of multiple collisions on a tightly enclosed street circuit, leading to multiple safety car periods and restarts, created conditions for the first controversial moment between this F1 season's two chief protagonists.
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