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Vettel backs lack of Austrian team orders

Sebastian Vettel has backed Ferrari's decision not to swap the drivers around in Austria, saying Kimi Raikkonen deserved to beat him. While Max Verstappen raced to the victory in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, Raikkonen was second to Vettel's third. With Lewis Hamilton retiring from the grand prix there were some suggestions from commentators that Ferrari may swap their drivers' positions in order to maximise the result in the championship. They didn't, and Vettel agrees with that call. Suggested to him that Ferrari could have imposed team orders, he told Sky F1: 'No, why? 'Max won the race because he deserved it and he didn't make any mistakes – so that's a strong performance from...
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