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Vettel: Can I drive it? Then he handed me the scooter

Four-times Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel made an eye-catching ‘return' to Formula 1 on Friday, putting out a fire in his Aston Martin car during practice at the Australian Grand Prix and causing a stir with a cheeky scooter ride along the track. Vettel, who missed the opening races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to a positive COVID-19 test, managed to get behind the wheel for a few laps in the first free practice session but his car soon ground to a halt with smoke billowing out the rear. After exiting the car, the German grabbed a fire extinguisher off a track marshal and gave it a spray himself. He then rode along the track back to the pits on a motor scooter with his...
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