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Vettel: Gap to Mercedes "a lot more than expected"
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel admits he was "a bit down" after seeing the gap between himself and the Mercedes duo in Q3 in Bahrain, having expected to be much closer to the Silver Arrows. The Italian marque looked a good match for Mercedes throughout the weekend, Vettel sweeping Friday practice and running the German team's drivers close during the first two segments of qualifying. But while Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton produced a thrilling fight for pole in Q3 - the former leading the latter by 0.023s in a Mercedes 1-2 - Vettel had to do with finishing a distant third. The German, who wound up 0.478s off pole after failing to improve with his second effort in the final...
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