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'Drivers' lives are on the line'

Sebastian Vettel is a sunny sort of guy for whom a joke and a smile is never very far away. He does not get angry in public very often so when he does you can be sure there is a good reason. Very rarely has the four-time champion been as transparently furious as he was after the Belgian Grand Prix. In a tirade littered with expletives, he vented his feelings about the tyre failure at 200mph that cost him a podium position at Spa. And although the loss of 15 valuable points was part of the reason for his heightened emotions, it was very far from being the main one. Racing drivers get very exercised about tyre failures, for the simple reason that they are so dangerous. Over the Belgian Grand...
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