Spielberg — Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday but it can be safely assumed Lewis Hamilton will not be bringing gifts to Austria this weekend. After the "road rage" of Azerbaijan two weeks ago, the Formula One title rivals head to the bucolic surroundings of the scenic Red Bull Ring with controversy still simmering. Vettel, Ferrari’s championship leader, had risked a heavy penalty for his moment of madness in Baku in driving into Hamilton’s Mercedes behind the safety car but instead the German arrives in Austria with no further sanction and the matter officially closed. Vettel has had to accept full responsibility, and apologise to Hamilton, and will have to stay on best behaviour with a race ban looming if he collects any more penalty points on his licence this weekend. But the incident, the sport’s major talking point post-Baku, is unlikely to die down immediately even if Mercedes say they have moved on. Hamilton, for one, has said nothing. But he has kept soc...
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