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Vettel's VSC 'like a miracle', declares Bottas

As if the two Ferrari drivers squabbling with their team wasn't enough to give Mercedes hope of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, the VSC that followed Sebastian Vettel's retirement on lap 28 decided things once and for all. While Lewis Hamilton took the opportunity to pit without relinquishing his lead, Valtteri Bottas pitted but slipped to third behind Charles Leclerc. However, when George Russell went off into the barriers, thereby causing the safety car proper to be deployed, Ferrari chose to pit Leclerc once again, the Monegasque rejoining behind the Finn. The rest, as they say, is history. Asked about the pressure from Leclerc as he sought to pass him and set about chasing...
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