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Binotto explains Ferrari's strategy on Vettel undercut
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has explained why the team opted to call in Sebastian Vettel very early during Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix. With the early laps of the race having proved particularly slow, the decision allowed Vettel to undercut his team mate Charles Leclerc who had been leading for the first 19 laps of the race. "It was a very late call obviously," Vettel said of the team's move to bring him in on lap 14. "I thought it was a bit early because I wasn’t sure whether we could make the tyres last in the second stint. "But obviously I gave it everything in the outlap because I saw the two cars in front of me not pitting, especially Lewis." he...
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