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‘Lucky' Vettel enjoyed Australian GP win
Benefitting from a Virtual Safety Car even Sebastian Vettel acknowledges that he got a 'bit lucky' in Melbourne on Sunday. Vettel did not have the best of starts to the Australian Grand Prix and was lapping in third place, dropping further and further behind Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen. However, a Virtual Safety Car midway through the race changed all that. Brought out after Hamilton and Raikkonen had pitted, but before Vettel stopped, the German was running P1 at the time. He was able to pit under the VSC, getting the jump on both Hamilton and Raikkonen. 'We got a bit lucky obviously with the Safety Car,' he said. 'I really enjoyed it. 'I hoped my start would be a bit better but it...
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