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Vettel Admits Surprise at Opening Practice Crash: “I didn’t expect to spin”

Sebastian Vettel admitted his practice spin into the barriers at the Yas Marina Circuit caught him by surprise, but the Scuderia Ferrari driver was lucky to only suffer minimal damage to his SF90. Vettel spun into the outside wall at turn nineteen after losing control of his car, but the damage was limited to the rim of this tyre, with the German able to resume running straight away at the start of the evening session under the lights in Abu Dhabi. The German had ended the first session with the fifth fastest time before improving to fourth in the afternoon, 0.435 seconds adrift of the best time of the day set by Mercedes AMG Motorsport’s Valtteri Bottas.  Vettel feels they are...
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