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Vettel: I was happy to take the risk

Although Sebastian Vettel's decision to swap to dry tyres under the VSC did not pay off, the Ferrari driver insists it was a risk that he was 'happy' to take. Vettel arrived on the Chinese Grand Prix grid as the leader of the Drivers' Championship but will leave Shanghai tied with Lewis Hamilton on 43 points as they both have one victory and one P2 to their tally. In a reverse of the Australian GP result, this time it was Hamilton who triumphed after the decision to pit Vettel early did not pay off. The German was first of the front-runners to pit on Sunday as he swapped his inters for softs under the early Virtual Safety Car. That dropped him from second to sixth. However, with the Safety...
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