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Three-place grid penalty for Vettel after Sainz block
Sebastian Vettel will start the Austrian Grand Prix from P6 on the grid after being found guilty of blocking Carlos Sainz in Q2. The Spaniard was forced to go off the track at Turn 1 to avoid Vettel during the Q2 session and picked up damage in the process. But Vettel, who had initially qualifed P3, insisted back in the paddock that it was not an intentional action on his part, as his team radio did not inform him that Sainz was behind. 'I passed him on my fast lap in Turn Seven/Eight, and then I was looking down in the main straight and didn't see him,' said Vettel. 'I was turning into Turn One and thinking he must be there somewhere but as it turned out he was trying to go for a fast lap...
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