Sebastian Vettel believes Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll “got really lucky” with where their Baku pits-straight crashes happened. The four-time former World Champion was relieved the two high-speed accidents during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, caused by tyre failures, did not occur closer to the pit-lane entry. Vettel’s team-mate, Stroll, was first to crash because of a rear left blowout, his Aston Martin smashing into the wall to the left of the circuit some distance before reaching the pits. Verstappen, meanwhile, had passed the pit-lane entry and was opposite the garages when his Red Bull hurtled into the barrier on the other side of the track as a result of a similar tyre failure....
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