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Vettel: 'That was close!'

Singapore GP pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel has admitted he felt a few pangs of anxiety as Red Bull's decision to limit the World Champion to a single flying lap in Q3 threatened to spectacularly backfire. While Vettel's four closest pursuers - Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, and Lotus' Romain Grosjean - all committed to a second run in the final throes of the qualifying hour, Vettel opted for an early finish after recording a blistering lap of 1:42.841 at the start of the top-ten shoot-out. At that stage, Vettel was an astonishing six-tenths clear of the pack, an advantage that both he and Red Bull deemed unassailable. But as the World Champion...
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