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Vettel focused on tyre-saving with ‘damage limitation’ mindset 

Sebastian Vettel described his recovery drive to the Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 podium as “damage limitation” but felt the result was largely determined by tyre management.  The Ferrari driver, who started sixth following a post-qualifying grid penalty, took advantage of retirements for Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas on his way to claiming the final spot on the Spielberg rostrum.    Vettel headed into the weekend with a 14-point deficit to Hamilton but a loss of fuel pressure forced his chief title rival into his first retirement since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, meaning it is the German who leaves Austria with a...
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