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Vettel avoids gearbox grid penalty

Sebastian Vettel has admitted he is at risk of the "bad surprise" of a grid penalty at this week's Japanese GP due to his bizarre crash with Lance Stroll in Malaysia. Title rival Lewis Hamilton has indicated he believes the incident was another example of Vettel making mistakes on track with 34 points now separating the pair in the world championship. "Reliability is coming into play but also driving mistakes are coming into play as well," said Hamilton. "We have seen a couple from Sebastian. Today, for example, crashing into someone. "Who knows whether that is his gearbox busted for the next race or not. We will see. All those things come into play. I am just...
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