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Vettel was worried fans would ‘jump on the track'
Realising the chequered flag had been waved prematurely, Sebastian Vettel says he was worried fans would 'jump on the track' while the race was still going. Vettel was leading Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix when the chequered flag was waved on lap 69 of 70. The Ferrari driver was immediately aware that it was premature and let Ferrari, and the race stewards know, through a radio message. The German completed the 70 laps, winning the grand prix which was counted back to lap 68 because of the incident. 'Fortunately we had radio, fortunately we had the lap counter in the car, and the pit board was accurate,' said Vettel. 'But if you lose radio and maybe the pit board is not there, then you back...
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