Niki Lauda said Sebastian Vettel's first-lap retirement at Sochi means Mercedes is still in the dark about Ferrari's true pace. On the face of it, notwithstanding worries about reliability, reigning world champions Mercedes utterly dominated in terms of pace in Russia. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished third on Sunday, while Vettel did not even complete a lap. 'I would have preferred that Kvyat had not taken him out, then we would be able to assess exactly how good Sebastian's engine update really is and how much closer he has got to Mercedes,' Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda told the German broadcaster Sky. 'The logic of the race is that Mercedes was three, four tenths quicker in the...
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