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Gearbox problem fixed - Vettel

Sebastian Vettel is confident Red Bull has found a solution to the gearbox problem that forced him to retire from the British Grand Prix last weekend. Vettel was leading at Silverstone when he lost fifth gear and could not regain drive. He had inherited the lead from Lewis Hamilton when the Mercedes driver suffered a tyre blow out, but he is confident he would have stood a good chance of victory in a straight fight. "Lewis had a tyre failure very early on but I think we could have matched him in terms of race pace," he said at the Nurburgring ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix. "After that it was quite frustrating and disappointing to lose the lead because of a...
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