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Ferrari confident of Vettel win before red flag

 XPB Images Maurizio Arrivabene says Ferrari was confident of winning the Australian Grand Prix until the race was neutralised, and defends the Scuderia’s “aggressive” strategy to leave Sebastian Vettel on the supersoft tyre at the restart. Lining up third on the grid, the German had a great start that propelled him ahead of both Mercedes. Vettel then went on to build nice gap in front and looked in control, even more so with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen serving as buffer after he too overhauled Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the first corner. The turning point of the race came on Lap 19 when a huge crash between Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutierrez caused a red flag. With...
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