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Vettel Pleaded With Ferrari To Pit Sooner At Russian GP

Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel finished the Russian Grand Prix sixth and 13th, respectively. Vettel was struggling with the balance of his Ferrari SF1000 all weekend, but a compromised strategy also hurt him in the race. READ: Ferrari Will Trial Aero Upgrades At Eifel Grand Prix In a post-race interview at Sochi, Vettel accused the Scuderia of leaving him out to act as a “brake block” and hold up the two Renaults in a bid to help team-mate Charles Leclerc, who changed tyres much sooner than the German. “It was clear I was left out to slow down the Renaults. It didn’t help me, of course. I think we could have taken a point but that doesn’t change much now,”...
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