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Ferrari denies it took a gamble with Vettel's tyres
Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene said his team would never be 'crazy' enough to take a safety risk with its strategy, as he defended its one-stop approach to the Belgian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel was fighting Romain Grosjean for third place when his right rear tyre failed on the straight after Eau Rouge on the penultimate lap, prompting a post-race outburst from the four-time world champion. Pirelli has suggested that the failure was caused by high wear levels, with Vettel's tyre having done 28 laps beforehand. But Arrivabene denies that Ferrari took any kind of gamble with the wear by opting for a one-stop race. "When we do the strategy, the strategy was absolutely right –...
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