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Vettel quickest for Ferrari as Mercedes encounters setback

Ferrari topped the timesheets for the first time in 2020 on the penultimate day of Formula 1 pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as Mercedes encountered a setback. Sebastian Vettel suffered a spin through the Turn 5 gravel early on but went on to clock a time of 1:16.841s on Pirelli’s C5 tyres, comfortably Ferrari’s best time of testing so far. It was nonetheless over a second slower than the best time managed across the five days of testing, achieved by Valtteri Bottas for Mercedes in the opening week. However the reigning World Champions endured its first major setback of the campaign as Lewis Hamilton stopped on track just 14 laps into the afternoon session....
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