Sebastian Vettel says he has nothing to be ashamed of following h𒐪is spat with Narain Karthikeyan after the ☂Malaysian Grand Prix.

Vettel hit out at the HRT driver after contact between the pair in the closing stages of the race at Sepang left the defending🃏 champion outside the points in eleventh place - meaning he failed to score having finished a race for the first time since Spa 2010.

Having referred to Karthikeyan as an 'idiot' in a post-race interview with the BBC, Vettel was then described by the Indian driver as ཧa 'cry baby' - although the HRT man has since said he feels the matter is now behind him.

Vettel however has shown no re🗹morse for his outburt, insisting it was part of the emotion of seeing an opportunity to score points be lost.

"I lost a solid fourth place, so that's obviously disappointing," he told Bild. Sometimesജ you let some emotion show, and I don't think someone should be ashamed about that."