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Vettel ‘not surprised' Leclerc ignored orders
Sebastian Vettel has said he can understand why Charles Leclerc opted to ignore team orders at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Team orders have come into effect in both races so far for Ferrari, with Leclerc told to hold station behind Vettel in Australia and Bahrain. Whilst Leclerc complied in the first race, he ignored a command to stay behind Vettel for two laps in Bahrain and promptly surged past his Ferrari team-mate at Turn 1 to re-take the race lead. Vettel, though, has no issue with Leclerc's actions as the Monaco driver's pace showed that he deserved to be ahead of him at that stage. 'I'm not surprised,' Vettel said in China. 'It is quite clear that he was quite a lot faster at that...
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