Sebastian Vettel has accused Valtteri Bottas of deliberately holding him up during last weekend’s Malaysian grand prix.

Bottas and Mercedes have each denied that the Finnish driver is now clearly the ‘number 2’ to championship contender Lewis Hamilton.

But Ferrari star Vettel alleges that last Sunday at Sepang, as he made his way through the field from last, he was held up by a deliberately baulking Bottas.

“It was clear what Mercedes were doing,” the German is quoted by Krone newspaper.

“The used Bottas as a road block,” Vettel added.

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