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‘Multi 21, Seb!’ – David Tremayne looks back at Malaysia 2013, the day Vettel and Webber’s cold war turned hot
Eleven years ago the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix should have been a celebration of a timely one-two for Red Bull. It catapulted the team from Milton Keynes to the top of both the drivers’ and constructors’ World Championships – ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari – and brought the victorious Sebastian Vettel level with Sir Jackie Stewart’s tally of 27 Grand Prix victories.
But instead it was a public relations grenade for the team and a very hollow win for the German, whose controversial tactics exposed his ruthless desire to win at all costs – and tore apart the fragile truce that had existed between him and second-placed team mate Mark Webber since 2010.
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