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'Overrated' and a 'one-trick pony' - Irvine's scathing assessment of Vettel

Ex-Formula 1 racer Eddie Irvine has called four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel a "one-trick pony" in a scathing assessment of the Ferrari driver. Irvine described Vettel as "massively overrated" and says he can't understand how the German secured four successive titles between 2010 and 2014. He also said Lewis Hamilton is the best driver of this era, but the British five-time world champion "isn't even close" to Michael Schumacher. Northern Irishman Irvine raced for Ferrari from 1996-99 and finished runner-up in the 1999 championship, also competing for Jordan and Jaguar in a colourful career that included four race wins. Irvine, now 53, doesn't hold back...
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