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Vettel admits not wanting to spoil title fight

Vettel admits not wanting to spoil title fight Sebastian Vettel has admitted he was careful in the closing laps of the Abu Dhabi finale to not ruin the battle for the 2016 world championship. However, the Ferrari driver denied that he deliberately did not overtake Nico Rosberg in order to support his German countryman, as Lewis Hamilton did his controversial ‘backing up' manoeuvre from the lead. 'Nico was a little too fast for me on the straight,' he told Auto Motor und Sport. 'Turn 11 was the best place but Nico did well to defend.' Some, however, suspect that the moves Vettel did try were half-hearted. Vettel explains: 'Nico was so close behind Lewis that I could not take full...
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