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Vettel sets early pace on penultimate day of F1 testing

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of the winter on the penultimate day of the final pre-season Formula 1 test. The four-time champion's time of one minute 19.024 seconds was just under 0.3secs quicker than the previous best set by Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas. Vettel, who set his quickest lap on the 'ultra-soft' tyre, was also just 0.3secs slower on the 'soft'. The ultra-soft is said to be about 1.2secs fastest than the soft. Follow live text commentary on the third day of the final pre-season test Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, also using the ultra-soft, was second fastest, 0.328secs behind Vettel. It would be unwise to read too much into Vettel's pace at this stage -...
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