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Ferrari 'surprised' by Mercedes tyre strategy for Sochi

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto confessed he was surprised to see Mercedes opting to start their drivers on the medium compound in tomorrow's Russian Grand Prix. Meanwhile Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel will both line up on the grid on the soft compound tyres, which should give them more pace at the start when the lights go out. "That's surprising to us," Binotto said of Mercedes strategy call. "Their choice was not something we were considering to be honest. "I think we even need to try to understand why they did that choice," he told Sky Sports F1 after the end of qualifying. Leclerc fends off Hamilton to take fourth pole in a row “Certainly we...
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