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Charles Leclerc admits he ignored a Ferrari order to stay behind Sebastian Vettel
Charles Leclerc has admitted he ignored a Ferrari team order to remain behind team-mate Sebastian Vettel during the opening laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Polesitter Leclerc fell behind Vettel at the start of the race before dropping to third when Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas overtook him too. However just a couple of laps later a small mistake at Turn 1 by Bottas allowed both Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to get ahead of the Finn. Leclerc then set about chasing down Vettel a couple of seconds ahead and caught the German quickly. 'I'm quicker guys' came over the team radio as the 20-year-old made sure Ferrari knew he had more pace and just a lap later he slipstreamed Vettel down...
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