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Italians slam Vettel for ‘flyover' controversy

Sep.13 Italian officials have slammed quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel for criticising an aircraft flyover ahead of Sunday's Italian GP. La Gazzetta dello Sport quoted the German driver as blasting the grid flyover of a commercial airliner and the aerobatic military ‘Frecce Tricolori', who spectacularly trailed smoke in the colours of the Italian flag. 'I heard that the president of Italy insisted on the flyover,' former Ferrari driver Vettel said. 'He is about 100 years old, so maybe it is difficult for him to let go of this kind of ego-related thing. 'But we were promised that the flyovers were over, but it seems that F1 gave up despite the objectives we made to make the...
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