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Sebastian Vettel: “The problem came as a surprise”

Sebastian Vettel revealed the issue that saw him fail to start the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday was just as much a shock to him as it was his Scuderia Ferrari team. The German pulled over on the straight heading towards the final two turns with smoke pouring from the back of his SF16-H, resulting in the first ‘did not start’ of his Formula 1 career. Vettel bemoaned the lost points due to the issue having looked the most likely to take the fight to Mercedes this weekend, but insists the season still has a long way to go, with another nineteen races to follow this weekend in Bahrain. “It was a very short race today, I didn’t even break a drop of sweat… We had a failure, I saw a lot...
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