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Sebastian Vettel denies later stop to jump Kimi Raikkonen was 'planned' team orders

Monaco race winner Sebastian Vettel denies Ferrari pre-planned his and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen's strategies so that the championship leader would come out ahead in their intra-team battle. Raikkonen started from pole position after acing qualifying on Saturday and led Vettel during the first stint before he was called in for an early stop, meanwhile Vettel continued to lap the Monaco streets several times before coming in for his stop, which allowed him to eek out enough of an advantage to emerge ahead. It was always likely that Ferrari would use team orders or strategy to switch the two, given Vettel's points advantage in the championship, but the German says the stop...
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