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Aston Martin explain failed Vettel Turkey tyre gamble

Otmar Szafnauer said the team trusted the judgment of Sebastian Vettel regarding his dry tyre switch in Turkey, but it ultimately backfired. The Istanbul Park surface had dried slightly during the race on Sunday and, while running in the lower reaches of the points in P10, the four-time World Champion felt as though he would try something different and swap to dry tyres, to potentially steal a march on his rivals. However, the track conditions were not in the right window for that strategy to work for the Aston Martin driver, and he struggled for grip on his sole lap on the medium compound, which dropped him down to P18, and he finished a lap down by the time the chequered flag dropped....
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