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\nSebastian Vettel accused Ferrari of messing up with a strategy that made no sense on Sunday, although the unhappy German did not help his own race by spinning at the first corner and dropping to last.
\nIn a sign that the four-times world champion\u2019s relations with the team are wearing thin, following their decision not to keep him on beyond this season, Vettel questioned Ferrari\u2019s moves after finishing 12th in the 70th Anniversary race.
\nAfter rejoining in traffic from his first pitstop, Vettel informed his team over the radio that \u201cyou know that you messed up.\u201d
\n\u201cWe spoke this morning and said there was no point pitting knowing that we will run into traffic \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly what we did,\u201d he told reporters later.
\n\u201cWe went also onto a hard tyre, which we then only had on for 10 laps, probably not even that, so it didn\u2019t make any sense.
\n\u201cI mean why would you put the hard for 10 laps and put the medium for 20 laps? So I was running out of tyres towards the end, so we spoke about exactly that.\u201d
\nVettel had said earlier in the weekend that he had run out of answers to explain why he was having such a hard time with the car.
\nThe German, who won all his titles with Red Bull between 2010-13, has been eclipsed by young Monegasque team mate Charles Leclerc who finished fourth on Sunday by making a one-stop strategy work.
\nFerrari\u2019s review of the race said, perhaps pointedly, that Leclerc\u2019s result was the result of \u201cstrategy and bravura\u201d.
\n\u201cSebastian\u2019s position was the result of his first lap incident,\u201d said team boss Mattia Binotto.
\nVettel is 13th in the standings after five races, with 10 points to Leclerc\u2019s 45. His best finish this year was sixth in Hungary, and he has been 10th twice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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