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Ferrari under no illusions: 'We don't have the pace to win'

Charles Leclerc' s surprising win in qualifying on the Baku street circuit, again aided by a red flag in the final session, does not mean that the Scuderia has a chance of winning the Grand Prix, Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies agrees. In conversation with Formel1.de Mekies admits to being surprised with the good result, this because the current Ferrari does not perform optimally on the straights. "This is a surprise for us. With these long straights, we didn't expect to fight for pole here and even get it in the end." Read more 'Verstappen and Hamilton will undoubtedly meet in a duel in Baku' "Still, Charles did it by a margin. And Carlos had the same pace. So it...
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