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Sebastian Vettel admits he was 'too close' at Belgian GP restart

Sebastian Vettel has admitted he was “too close” to race leader Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix restart, missing out on a chance to take the lead. The Ferrari driver tried to challenge for first place at the race start, but did not have enough straightline speed to make a move on the back straight. He kept Hamilton in his sights and while the gap increased and decreased with each lap, he was unable to get close enough to overtake. The safety car brought Vettel back into the fight and he moved onto the ultra-soft tyres for the restart, while Hamilton changed to softs at his second pitstop. But Vettel got too close to Hamilton and had to back out, which gave the Mercedes...
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