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Race: Vettel wins with Ferrari Down Under

Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari back onto the top step of the podium as their pre-season form was realised at the Australian GP with the German winning ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari's call to over-cut Hamilton in the pit stops effectively set up Vettel for the Scuderia's first win since Singapore 2015. Appearing to be more racy than the Mercedes on the soft tyres, the German held a lead of 6s over Hamilton midway through the race. This led to talk of switching to 'Plan B' for Hamilton, a two-stopper, however, in the end Mercedes declared they were pushing on with 'Plan A'.  With 20 laps remaining Valtteri Bottas came into play having closed the gap to Hamilton in second to 2.7s. As...
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