Sebastian Vettel’s x-rated rant as he rages at Nikita Mazepin

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Aston Martin star Sebastian Vettel expressed his frustration at Nikita Mazepin as he unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at the Russian after they nearly collided during qualifying for the United States Grand Prix. Max Verstappen secured pole position and then went on to win the race in Austin, pipping title rival Lewis Hamilton to take the chequered flag.

During the first stage of qualifying, Vettel was out on a flying lap when he almost collided with Mazepin.

The rookie appeared to fail to give enough space for the German, with Vettel having to move out the way of the Haas car.

The four-time world champion was not best pleased.

“What a d***! I mean seriously, what a d***!” Vettel shouted at his garage over the radio.

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The incident, which took place at Turn 3-5, was noted by the stewards but they later declared no further action was needed.

Mazepin once again crashed out of qualifying in Q1 and finished bottom of the order in qualifying.

Vettel, however, managed to escape from the near-miss to take his car into Q2, where he would eventually finish P12.

The 34-year-old was happy with the performance of his Aston Martin, as he finished ahead of fellow former world champion Fernando Alonso and George Russell. 

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The Alpine and Williams stars were the other two drivers that joined him at the back of the grid as the trio took engine penalties.

“Q2 we were backing off, Q1 was much better because in Q2 we didn’t want to go through to the top ten for the first time we didn’t want to,” Vettel told the official F1 website.

“The car felt better today, I was happy.

“Shame we couldn’t show that but overall I’m reasonably happy with how the day went and our main objective was to beat George and Fernando, which we did.”

Asked if points were possible on Sunday, Vettel replied: “We will see how fast.

“We got some more laps so we know what to expect. Now we’ll see if happens.”

The German went on to finish P10, securing a point from the back of the grid. 

It was his first scoring outing since his P5 finish at the aborted Belgian Grand Prix, and he currently sits 12th in the Drivers’ Championship with 36 points.

Formula 1 returns to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the Mexican Grand Prix on November 7, with Red Bull star Verstappen holding a slender 12-point lead over his Mercedes title rival Hamilton.

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