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Lewis Hamilton defended the move with which he took the lead from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Other Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg finished fourth and is now 41 points adrift of Hamilton’s lead; the Singapore victor Vettel is now closing the gap for second place, as Rosberg is only eight points ahead of him.

Lewis Hamilton said he had to calm himself down in the latter stages of the Hungarian Grand Prix in order to recover from an error-strewn race and finish sixth.