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Top Stories of 2016, #8: Vettel's radio rant against Whiting

In eighth place of the top 20 biggest motorsport stories of 2016, we look at the controversy triggered by Sebastian Vettel's radio rant against race director Charlie Whiting during the Mexican Grand Prix. Vettel on Whiting comments: "You have to understand my frustration"Throughout 2016, Vettel's radio became one of the most frequently featured on the television feed and, as is usually the case with F1 radio messages, it was often comprised of complaints about his rivals, be it backmarkers or direct competitors. No message, however, quite reached the furious heights of Vettel's Mexican Grand Prix rant against Max Verstappen after the Dutch driver refused to let the German through...
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