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Hakkinen believes Ferrari didn't swap drivers around to give Vettel motivation

After almost 13 months without a Formula 1 race win and plenty of questions raised over his level of talent and future, Sebastian Vettel finally stepped on the top step of the podium. Charles Leclerc started ahead of Vettel as Ferrari's strategy gave the German an undercut, but the team didn't swap their drivers back.  Leclerc and Vettel didn't really engage in a conversation immediately after the race as a bit of driver politics got between the two. Mika Hakkinen believes Ferrari didn't order a driver switch because a win for Vettel should give the four-time world champion some needed motivation.  "There is a debate over whether Sebastian should have been asked to give...
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