French Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel has accepted blame for the first corner incident between himself and Valtteri Bottas. Going into the race as the championship leader, Vettel dealt a blow to his title ambitions with a collision between himself and Bottas on the opening lap of the race. Using a softer tyre than both Mercedes drivers, Vettel had a stronger getaway from the lights and was running right behind the Mercedes cars into the first corner. However, he braked too late for the corner and ran wide, understeering into Bottas and damaging both cars. With the race under a safety car, Vettel recovered back to the pits for a change of front wing and fresh tyres, whilst Bottas...
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