It could have been so different for Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at the US Grand Prix. As things turned out, Vettel finished fourth, and lost more ground in the championship, which is now just a formality for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. But had Vettel driven an error-free weekend, he could have won the race, and closed the gap to Hamilton heading into the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. Vettel made two critical mistakes - he earned a three-place grid penalty for not slowing sufficiently for red flags in Friday practice; and he spun down the field on the first lap for the third time in five races while battling with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. The German's missed opportunity was really...
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