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Leclerc: Vettel's start wasn't better than mine
Charles Leclerc has claimed that his and Sebastian Vettel's starts of the Russian Grand Prix were identical, with Vettel gaining the lead via the slipstream to trigger pre-arranged team orders. Leclerc had admitted that P1 may not be the best starting position after securing his fourth straight pole position and it played out that way as Vettel blasted past Lewis Hamilton and the Monegasque to lead by Turn 2. Article continues under video Things began to unravel from there as Vettel was asked to let Leclerc back through. The German refused, only to see Leclerc given a favourable pit-stop strategy and then suffering an engine failure, which ended his race as well as helping Hamilton to stay...
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