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Vettel feared Safety Car would ruin race

– Sebastian Vettel says he initially feared the Safety Car period during the early segment of the Bahrain Grand Prix would have worked against him, before he went on to register victory.Vettel moved up to second place at the start, passing Lewis Hamilton at Turn 1, and became the first of the frontrunners to pit, fitting the Super Soft tyres, having hounded Valtteri Bottas.Vettel filtered back substantially down the order before the Safety Car was deployed when Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll collided at Turn 1 a couple of laps later.The remainder of the lead group elected to pit under the Safety Car, but re-emerged from their stops behind Vettel, who assumed control of the...
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