Valtteri Bottas is confident that Mercedes can overhaul Ferrari across the 2019 campaign, even if they turn up to Australia trailing the Scuderia. Ferrari have looked the team to beat so far in pre-season testing, with most noises coming out of the reigning champions admitting they face a deficit. Underlining Ferrari's strength a few short minutes after Bottas' media briefing in Barcelona on Thursday, Charles Leclerc took to a string of single-lap runs, lowering the best time of this year's testing to 1:16.231 at lunch on the penultimate day of on-track action. Ferrari have steadily chipped away at the Silver Arrows' dominance, and appeared to have delivered a quicker car at times last...
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