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Vettel plays down engine failure, blames it on little bug
Sebastian Vettel says the engine issue that put him out in Bahrain was due to a combination of “rare” circumstances and that the Scuderia has changed nothing ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. Vettel managed just half of the formation lap two weeks ago before his Ferrari cried enough, forcing him to watch the race from the sidelines. “I think we understood it,” he said on Thursday, when asked about the failure. “I am not an engine specialist but as far as it was explained it was a rare combination of circumstances. So a little bug that led into a big problem in the end. “The consequence was huge. It can't be any bigger, so it is a shame. But I think, as with any...
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