Looking ahead to the season opener in Melbourne, where he proved victorious twelve months ago, Sebastian Vettel admits doubt at rivals test pace. While Ferrari set the two fastest times, Daniel Ricciardo was 0.865s off the pace on the same compound while Max Verstappen's best time (2.660s off the pace) was posted on softs. Both Mercedes drivers were over 1.2s off the pace, and while much has been made of the fact the German team never ran with the hypersofts - on which Vettel posted his best - during race sims the Silver Arrows were said to be around a second a lap quicker. 'Our competitors - Mercedes and Red Bull - used one type of tyre for their race distance simulations, which is...
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