Formula One world champions Mercedes predicted a three-way title battle as the second pre-season test started on Tuesday with Ferrari and Red Bull showing their pace. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was fastest, lapping in one minute 20.396 seconds and completing 171 laps -- equal to nearly 800km and more than 2-1/2 race distances at the Circuit de Catalunya. The German did his fastest lap on the medium tyres, with Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas second on softs with a time 0.200 slower. Dutch 20-year-old Max Verstappen was third on the timesheets for Red Bull in 1:20.649, doing 130 laps. "What we have seen is that even if it is best case we are not in front by a lot, and if it is a worst case...
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