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Vettel makes disastrous start to title defence

World champion Sebastian Vettel could not have made a worse start to his Formula One title defence after the Red Bull driver was forced to retire with engine problems just five laps into the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Vettel remained upbeat about his chances of a podium finish after finishing 13th in qualifying Saturday, but the problems that plagued the four-time world champion in testing Red Bull's new V6 turbo hybrid car continued at Albert Park. Vettel said his car lacked power from the start of the race. 'We tried to recover as much as we could. At some stage I thought it was a slight improvement, but obviously we realized there was a bigger problem with the...
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