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Charlie Whiting dismisses Sebastian Vettel's VSC manipulation claims
Formula 1 Race Director Charlie Whiting has dismissed claims from Sebastian Vettel that the Virtual Safety Car system is open to manipulation from drivers. The VSC was introduced in 2015 and when implemented drivers must reduce their speed and stay above a minimum time set by the FIA at least once in each marshalling sector. Vettel stopped under the VSC at the Spanish Grand Prix and slipped from second to fourth – behind Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen – where he remained for the rest of the race. Vettel accepted that he over-shot his pit box on cold tyres, costing himself time, but reckons the nature of the VSC system is open to abuse by drivers. “It’s the same...
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