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Sebastian Vettel sees downside to winning F1 overtaking award

Sebastian Vettel feels that his overtakes award success in 2021 is a sign that his Aston Martin team lack pace and find themselves recovering through the field “too often”. Although Vettel thoroughly enjoyed the side-by-side battling, he is disappointed he found himself in that position as often as he did. “We backfired too often. We made up positions [in the races] and that was entertaining, but not so fun in terms of results,” the German said after winning Formula 1's inaugural overtaking award. Vettel ultimately finished just outside the points in 11th in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, seeing him finish 12th in the Drivers’ Standings. Reviewing the race from his...
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