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Vettel: Not much I could have done differently

Although accepting he was responsible for his collision with Valtteri Bottas in France, Sebastian Vettel reckons there wasn't anything he could have done to avoid it. Making a great start, the Ferrari driver closed right up on second placed Bottas. But it was too close in the end as he hit the back of the Mercedes. Vettel had to pit for a new front wing while Bottas suffered a puncture. The Ferrari driver fell to 16th place but recovered to fifth despite being handed a five-second penalty for causing a collision. 'In the end, there wasn't that much I could have done differently,' he said. 'Just the wrong place. 'Obviously what you don't see is that I lost a lot of grip and as I said I saw...
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