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'Risky' call earns Vettel second

Sutton Images Enlarge Sebastian Vettel thinks his position on the front row of the grid for the British Grand Prix shows the value of occasionally adopting a risky strategy in Formula One. When the clock expired in Q3 Vettel had not managed to post a time after aborting an earlier run, but ended up matching his best qualifying performance of the season by crossing the line second after his late flying lap. The reason for the late improvement was the drying track and Vettel, who had bolted on a pair of medium tyres despite the tricky conditions, is delighted that he and Red Bull made the right call. "The pit wall was in a better place today trying to predict the rain," Vettel...
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