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Vettel plays down tyre differences between Ferrari and Merc

 XPB Images Sebastian Vettel says the difference in tyre choices between Ferrari and Mercedes will be much less pronounced by Sunday. As part of new regulations which see teams given more freedom to choose from three tyre compounds for each race, selections have to be made 13 weeks in advance of each flyaway grand prix. For Bahrain, Ferrari has opted to select three sets of mediums and only four sets of soft tyres, while each Mercedes driver has just one set of mediums and six sets of softs. With the medium tyre proving to be the best race tyre during the Australian Grand Prix, there has been heightened focus on the different selections but Vettel says the final race allocations...
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