Sebastian Vettel says he has nothing to be ashamed of following his spat with Narain Karthik🐈eyan after the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Vettel hit out at the HRT d♕river 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 a 'cry baby' - although the HRT man has since said he♔ feels the matter is now behind him.

Vettel howeve🐬r has shown no remorse for his outburt, insisting it was part of the emotion of seeing an opportun✨ity to score points be lost.

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