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Practice showed struggling Mercedes ‘not bluffing'

Mar.19 World champion Max Verstappen has called Mercedes' new car for 2022 'shitty'. Indeed, Lewis Hamilton confirmed on Friday that the German team was not bluffing or sandbagging over the winter, racing to the ninth quickest time in Bahrain practice. 'We've got a lot of problems,' he said. Before that, Dutchman Verstappen didn't appear to be buying it, telling De Telegraaf newspaper sarcastically: 'They will probably be at the back. 'If I listen to them, Mercedes has had a shitty car since winter testing in 2016. No, I expect them to be competitive,' the Red Bull driver added. For Verstappen, it was plain sailing at the top of the timesheets, with Ferrari not far behind. 'Max is in a...
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