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Vettel: I got lucky with Verstappen

Sebastian Vettel admitted he got a "bit lucky" with traffic in the Australian Grand Prix, after Max Verstappen held up rival Lewis Hamilton. Vettel ran close behind Hamilton in the opening stint of the Melbourne race and took the lead by running longer than the British driver. Hamilton pitted on lap 17 and lost time behind Max Verstappen's Red Bull when he emerged, with Vettel staying out for six more laps. Vettel emerged just in front of the pair, rebuffed a Verstappen attack into Turn 3 and built a lead of six seconds by the time Verstappen pitted two laps later and released Hamilton. "I was struggling to keep up, but still hanging in there," Vettel said of his first...
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