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Vettel stuns Mercedes to take Malaysian GP victory

Sebastian Vettel took his first victory since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix and Scuderia Ferrari’s first win since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix after taking advantage of a two-stop strategy to win the Malaysian Grand Prix. The German had strong pace throughout to defeat pole sitter Lewis Hamilton by over eight seconds, with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS driver unable to find the speed necessary to continue his perfect start to the season, the reigning World Champion noticeably suffering with higher tyre degradation than the Ferrari and being forced to pit three times. Nico Rosberg completed the podium in the second Mercedes, a further four seconds adrift, with the German also unable to make...
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