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Vettel: Championship defeat in 2009 harder to take that 2018
Scuderia Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel says his 2009 title defeat to Jenson Button was ‘harder to take' that both his 2017 and 2018 defeats to Lewis Hamilton as the German targets back-to-backs wins to end a disappointing season. The German driver was pipped to the championship in 2009 by just eleven points with early season mistakes in Australia and Malaysia ultimately costing the then 21-year-old his first world title. “Three times now I have been in a position like that, with 2017, 2009 and this year,” he said ahead of this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. “Probably 2009 was the worst one and the lowest point. 'You never know what the next year brings so you never know...
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