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Vettel: Stop moaning about F1's lack of overtaking
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel says those who complain about a lack of overtaking should calm down and accept that some Formula 1 grands prix will be boring. At the conclusion of the season, Pirelli has released data that showed the 2017 campaign was the worst for overtaking in the DRS era. F1’s tyre supplier recorded 435 passes, which is a 49% drop from the 866 in 2016, when there was one more race. “Wishes for next year is that everybody calms down,” said Vettel, who finished second to world champion Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings. “Some races are boring, so what? I don’t see the problem in that. "I don’t think we need another record, another record every race,...
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