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Vettel had ‘no warning' of engine failure

Sebastian Vettel’s flagging fortunes showed no sign of improving in free practice for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix as he suffered a sudden engine failure in FP2. The session was into its last few minutes at Silverstone when the Ferrari emitted a big ‘clunk’ down the old pits straight and Vettel was forced to pull over on the inside of Copse corner with fluid gushing from the underside of the car. “Okay, big failure at the back of the car,” reported the German over the team radio, prompting the Virtual Safety Car before the session was red-flagged and terminated, with Vettel down in 14th position over 1.5sec adrift of Lewis Hamilton’s best time. It has been a poor start to...
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