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Vettel: I wouldn't have caught Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel poured cold water on suggestions that poor Ferrari strategy and a sluggish pit-stop denied him the chance to win the Hungarian Grand Prix. After running with an off-set strategy, a late battle with Lewis Hamilton looked on the cards, but Vettel emerged from his service stuck behind Valtteri Bottas and had to settle for second. On a longer opening stint than the Mercedes pair, Vettel had opened up a pit-stop window over Bottas, running in third, but Ferrari did not call him in and he lost vital seconds while fighting his way through traffic before he eventually pitted. Despite being fitted with ultrasoft tyres, it took Vettel 24 laps to get beyond the soft-shod Bottas, by...
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