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Wolff: Mercedes package ‘not enough' anymore

Mercedes principal Toto Wolff admits that the team's overall package is 'just not enough' after being well off the pace during FP1 and 2 at the Russian GP. Valtteri Bottas was the quickest Mercedes driver in FP1, but still he was P4 and over seven tenths down on Charles Leclerc who topped the session. It was a similar story in the second practice session as Bottas improved to P3 and Hamilton to P4, ahead of Sebastian Vettel, but Bottas was still 0.65s off the pace with Max Verstappen this time on top. Mercedes are no strangers to sandbagging in practice sessions before unleashing their performance in qualifying, but Wolff insists that it's not the case this time around. 'It was a negative...
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