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Gap to Ferrari in Japan ‘flatters' Mercedes
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is not reading too much into the early lap times in Suzuka and believes Ferrari are a lot closer to them. Lewis Hamilton topped both practice sessions on Friday in Japan, with nine tenths separating him and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in FP1 and eight tenths between the two in FP2. But Wolff has taken a closer look at the data and thinks Ferrari's pace is lurking somewhere. “They are turned down [the engines] a bit,” Wolff told Sky Sports after FP2. “We are actually losing a bit through the Esses, the fast corners. I think probably the lap time flatters us a little bit but we’ll see how it is in qualifying tomorrow. “In the morning they...
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