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Vettel gets grid drop for red-flag speeding

Sebastian Vettel will serve a three-place grid penalty at the United States Grand Prix, having been found guilty of speeding under red flags in FP1. The Ferrari driver's sanction raises the likelihood of Lewis Hamilton being crowned world champion for a fifth time at the Circuit of the Americas. As the penalty is triggered by drivers' telemetry, Vettel did not have a case to argue. FP1 was briefly halted when Vettel's 2019 Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc ran wide between turns eight and nine at the Circuit of the Americas, spilling gravel onto the circuit. Vettel was only fifth quickest in the session, almost two whole seconds adrift of Lewis Hamilton, who set the pace in a rain-affected...
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