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Sebastian Vettel: 'We got a bit lucky, but we'll take it'
Sebastian Vettel admitted Ferrari 'got lucky' in Australia to claim the opening victory of the season after benefitting from a perfectly timed Virtual Safety Car. Vettel was able to pit and emerge in the lead under the VSC – caused by the stranded Haas of Romain Grosjean – gaining him a net two places as he jumped both Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in the pits. Prior to that he had been running a distant third and struggling to find the pace to challenge the top two. Nevertheless, Vettel says the team will 'take it', but conceded they're not quite where they need to be after being outpaced on Saturday as well as struggling a little in the race....
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