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Ferrari blame wheel nut for missed podium

Ferrari blamed a wheelnut for robbing Sebastian Vettel of a podium appearance at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday and said it must not happen again. With Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne watching, Vettel pitted in the lead – after the dominant Mercedes drivers had already stopped – and lost an agonising amount of time as mechanics wrestled to remove the right rear wheel. Vettel rejoined in fourth place and was unable to get back in front of Felipe Massa's Williams for what would have been the German's sixth podium finish in eight races for the Italian team. "We got the problem with the wheelnut and it's not the first time so we have to make sure that it does not happen...
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