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Wehrlein not to blame for pit penalty, says Sauber

Sauber says a late call to pit Pascal Wehrlein under the Formula 1 virtual safety car in the Spanish GP created the circumstances for the German to get penalised. Wehrlein produced a stunning drive on a unique one-stop strategy to run seventh on the road at Barcelona. But he was just approaching the final chicane when the virtual safety car was deployed, following Stoffel Vandoorne's collision with Felipe Massa, and the team reacted by issuing the call for him to pit. The late instruction meant he failed to stay to the correct side of the pit entry bollard, which led to the German being handed a five-second time penalty. That meant he lost seventh to Carlos Sainz but though he looked set to...
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