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Vettel explains decision to ignore Ferrari team orders
Sebastian Vettel says he did not ignore Ferrari's team orders in Russia in an attempt to curb Charles Leclerc's surge in form. Leclerc took his fourth pole position in a row in Sochi, but Vettel was ahead on lap one after making the most of a slipstream into Turn 2 that his team-mate did not make an attempt to break in an arranged plan. Article continues under video However, Vettel was not so compliant with his end of the deal, refusing to let Leclerc through to take the lead again, before Ferrari took matters into their own hands to swap them at the pit-stops – only for the race to then unravel as Vettel suffered MGU-K failure and Mercedes took a one-two. Asked if Leclerc's form had...
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