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Singapore rained on Vettel’s parade
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SEBASTIAN VETTEL threw away the opportunity to regain the championship lead with an off the start crash taking out his teammate Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Raikkonen made a strong getaway from fourth on the grid and was drawing alongside Verstappen on the inside as they approached Turn 1. But as polesitter Sebastian Vettel edged left, Verstappen became the meat in a Ferrari sandwich and all three made contact.
Raikkonen and Verstappen were out on the spot, while Vettel briefly continued to lead the race until spinning his heavily damaged car into retirement before the first lap was complete.
Ferrari had been quick to lay responsibility at Verstappen's door following the drama, but in the immediate aftermath the Red Bull driver disagreed, instead pointing the finger clearly at Vettel and insisting he had done all he could to avoid contact.
Race stewards declared the clash a racing incident and took no further action. It was clear from the footage that Vettel was defending his position but had no way in knowing where Raikkonen was. But when you are fitting for the championship this was very poor judgement on Vettel’s part. All scenarios should be going through his head at this point and a conservative approach would have been the better option. There are some quick guys between him and his championship rival, Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso was even in the mix, what a race it would have been. If all remained on track Vettel would have regained the championship lead in a race but with Hamilton the eventual winner extend his lead to 28 points. A gap with will be difficult to close with six races remaining.
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