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Vettel-Leclerc collision a "long-time coming" according to Karun Chandhok
- Tom Mason
Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc collided in the latter stages of the Brazilian Grand Prix, forcing them both to retire and former F1 driver Karun Chandhok believes the incident has been coming.
The pair have been involved in an exciting battle all season, one which Leclerc currently leads by 19 points going into the final race of the season.
"The Ferrari's did provide one of the biggest talking points of the race, however, when they inexcusably collided, putting them both out of the race in the final stint," Chandhok told Sky Sports.
"Leclerc had a fresher set of tyres and he got ahead of Vettel into the first corner, but he then went too deep and Seb got a much better exit and a run on him out of turn three.
"Both drivers share some blame - Seb clearly moved left, away from the white line towards Charles and tried to squeeze him a bit as we saw with him and Mark Webber in Turkey in 2010 when they collided."
Ferrari has been trying to use team orders throughout the season and it took until the penultimate race of the season for it to all boil over for the Ferrari duo.