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Vettel had ‘no problems' with Brazil team order

Sebastian Vettel says Sunday's team order to let Kimi Raikkonen through at the Brazilian GP was 'pretty straightforward' as the Finn had fresher tyres. Ferrari started Sunday's race at the Interlagos circuit on the soft tyres with title rivals Mercedes predicting they would be the team to beat. They weren't. The Scuderia team-mates struggled to get their soft tyres up to speed, losing ground to run fourth and fifth in the opening stint. Swapping their soft tyres for mediums, Vettel was the first of the two to pit before Raikkonen stopped four laps later. Shortly after Ferrari called on Vettel to let Raikkonen through as the Finn had fresher tyres and better pace. He was able to hunt down...
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