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Ferrari explain Leclerc team order
Ferrari insist they were not trying to hamper Charles Leclerc's race by ordering him to let Sebastian Vettel past in the Chinese GP. Team principal Mattia Binotto says the Scuderia were simply trying anything they could to reel in the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas ahead. Leclerc moved aside for Vettel on Lap 11 when running third, but he finished fifth after being overtaken by Max Verstappen through the pit stops. "It was not to give an advantage to a driver. It really is the team trying whatever we could," Binotto told Sky F1. "It was an early stage but an important moment of the race. Hamilton wins, Ferrari fall flatFind out more about Sky Sports F1...
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