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Vettel's victory bid foiled by "unfortunate" SC timing
Sebastian Vettel believes the deployment of the Formula 1 safety car after Antonio Giovinazzi's Chinese Grand Prix crash was "unfortunate" as it eliminated the potential advantage of his early pitstop. The Ferrari driver pitted for slicks under the virtual safety car deployed on the first lap thanks to Lance Stroll's stricken Williams, but as Giovinazzi crashed moments after the race was restarted, the other frontrunners were then able to stop under safety car conditions. This meant Vettel could not capitalise on the period he believed he would have had a pace advantage in on slicks, and it left him in a queue behind the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo and...
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