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Vettel Critical of Virtual Safety Car Procedures, Cites Loopholes in Software

Sebastian Vettel believes there are loopholes drivers are exploiting when it comes to the Virtual Safety Car, with the Scuderia Ferrari driver feeling the software being supplied to the teams needs improving. The German acknowledges everyone is in the same situation when it comes to the system but believes reducing the speed by 40% will be abused by the drivers by shortening the distance they have to run, which could see them driving ‘ridiculous’ lines just to save time. 'It's the same for everyone but the FIA is supplying us with a system that makes us follow a delta time, and everybody has to slow down by, I think, 40%, but I think everybody's aware you can have a faster way to go...
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