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Verstappen defends tactics in Raikkonen duel

Dutch teenager Max Verstappen defended his tactics used to hold off attacks from Kimi Raikkonen after their battle for fifth place in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix. The 18-year-old Red Bull driver said he had only moved once and that he felt "everything was fair" in a scrap that saw Raikkonen's Ferrari clip the rear of his car in one move. "You heard Kimi talking on the radio? Oh, that’s good," said Verstappen, joking about the famously taciturn Finn’s reluctance to speak. "Really, I have no issues. It was all fair. I could see him coming and he was very optimistic to dive down the inside. "I turned to the inside so he had to brake. He locked up and he...
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