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Binotto feared 'heart attack' with late Bahrain safety car

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto admitted being seized with anguish when a late safety car reset the gap between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in the closing stages of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. After dicing wheel-to-wheel with Verstappen in the first part of the race and fending off the Dutchman, Leclerc had succeeded in putting some space between himself and his rival after the second pitstop. But a safety car triggered by Pierre Gasly's burning AlphaTauri with ten laps to go left Leclerc and Ferrari vulnerable to another attack from Verstappen on the restart. The Scuderia pitwall had wisely taken advantage of the race's neutralization to offer Leclerc a free pitstop, but the Red...
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