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Vettel close to taking sixth-engine grid penalty
Sebastian Vettel's season could be set to go from bad to worse.
The reigning world champion smiled meekly at Spa-Francorchamps when he responded to boss Christian Horner's recent claim that the German is 'tired' in 2014 after consecutive title campaigns.
"Not exactly a compliment!" Vettel told German reporters.
But he also said directly comparing his results this year to new Red Bull sensation Daniel Ricciardo is "unfair", given his run of poor reliability.
Indeed, with each driver only allowed to run five engines all season, Vettel's fifth Renault V6 is to be fitted to his car at Spa-Francorchamps.
"It was always clear that it would catch up with me sooner or...
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