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Robert Doornbos sides with Lewis Hamilton over yellow flags

Former Formula 1 driver Robert Doornbos sides with world champion Lewis Hamilton over the yellow flag controversy of Hungary.

Former Formula 1 driver Robert Doornbos has sided with world champion Lewis Hamilton over the yellow flag controversy of Hungary.

Many think that Hamilton's stance against teammate Nico Rosberg not losing his pole position for ignoring yellow flags is akin to mind games.

However, former Red Bull and Minardi driver Doornbos agrees with Hamilton that Rosberg "should never have started from pole position".

"Nico lifted and said it was 20kph slower but he can say what he wants, it was still a dangerous situation," the Dutchman told Ziggo Sport Totaal.

"Waved double yellows mean you should be able to stop, not improve your lap and certainly not set the fastest lap of the whole weekend.

"So I totally agree with Lewis Hamilton that it gives the categories below F1 totally the wrong message."

The qualifying incident occurred before the actual race, which Doornbos says was "boring" apart from the battle between Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen.

Raikkonen and Ferrari argued afterwards that Verstappen should have been penalised for blocking, but the 18-year-old Dutchman's countryman Doornbos thinks Max simply raced "hard but fair".

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Nico Rosberg leaves the stage behind Lewis Hamilton during a press conference for the kickoff of the new Formula 1 season in Fellbach, south-western Germany, on March 11, 2016
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