F1 - Sebastian Vettel explains robber incident - was there a high-speed chase?

Sebastian Vettel has confirmed the incident in which he was robbed after the F1 Spanish Grand Prix but retrieved his belongings on a scooter - but insisted “it wasn’t really a chase”.
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Aston Martin F1 Team.
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Aston Martin F1 Team.

V𝔍ettel was driving an Aston Martin road car on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after the Spanish Grand Prix, when his bag was stolen after he briefly stepped o🌼utside.

"He tried to find it by using his iPhone to track his earphones which were in his bag; but when he located his earphones he found them abandoned and was therefore unable to locate his stolen bag,” an Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formul🦄a One Team spokes🦋person said.

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Vettel has now said ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix: "I found the headphones but didn’t find the bag, so it wasn’t really a chase, but obviously a bit disappointed to l𒈔ose the bag." 

Asked where he found the headphones, Vettel replied: "They were in the bag, bu🦹t once I found them, they were in a flowerpot. 

“So [t✱he robbers] must have known you can track [the headphones]." 

Sebastian Vettel (GER) Aston Martin F1 Team with fans. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo,
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Aston Martin F1 Team with fans. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7,…

It had initওially bee🍒n reported by local Catalan media that Vettel chased the assailants using an electric scooter borrowed from a member of the public.

He defied police requests𝔉 to give chase, it was reported.

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