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Hamilton in ‘Disbelief' Following Australian GP Loss to Vettel

Lewis Hamilton could not believe the series of events that caused him to lose the Australian Grand Prix victory to Sebastian Vettel, with the timing of the Virtual Safety Car causing the Briton to lose the comfortable lead he had built up. The Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver retained the lead at the start and began to edge away from the Scuderia Ferrari pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Vettel, and he had a nice gap when Hamilton reacted to second placed Raikkonen's pit stop on lap eighteen by pitting himself on the following lap. Vettel, meanwhile, stayed out, hoping to make up time and have a shorter second stint than his two rivals, but then the Virtual Safety Car was deployed when...
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