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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel warns current F1 mirrors leave drivers “guessing”. Seb went on to finish the race in second place.

Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Scuderia Ferrari German driver Sebastian Vettel admitted that the mirrors on Formula 1 cars leave drivers “guessing”, after he and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton almost clashed on the opening lap in Mexico. Hamilton got a strong start from the second row of the grid and looked to draw alongside Sebastian, but had to back off to avoid hitting the Ferrari driver, saying afterwards there could have been a “big collision”.

The German driver, who went on to finish the race in second place behind Hamilton after the latter stopped earlier and gained track position – said Hamilton had been in his blind spot during the initial run-in: “I think the blind spot is as old as the invention of the mirror so not sure we can do much about that,” said Vettel – “I think obviously on the first lap a lot of it is guessing where the other people are. Especially when you go into corners. Most of the time we see it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. I think we all try to do our best. We know we can’t win the race in the first corner but we can lose it. I don’t think you can do much about it.” – he explained.

Speaking specifically about the Hamilton incident, Sebastian added: “I didn’t see him. He came after the race as well and asked, but [I had] no intention to push him or anything: “Obviously, as soon as I saw, I obviously got off and I tried to get in Charles’ tow and I checked the mirrors on the right and the mirrors on the left and that’s when I saw Lewis and then, you know, I tried to go right but before that point I didn’t see him. We see quite well in the mirrors but there is still obviously an angle that you can’t see.” – the Scuderia Ferrari German driver concluded.

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