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Vettel: Mercedes is out of reach but we had no problems

Sebastian Vettel could hardly hide his delight after completing his first practice session for his new team Ferrari in Melbourne on Friday. As expected, the German was slower than the two Mercedes' of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg but he was still quicker than everyone else, setting the third fastest time ahead of Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Vettel was careful not to read too much into his team's strong performance but his body language told a different story as he climbed out of the cockpit and flashed a big cheesy grin. 'We didn't have any issues with the car, there were no problems with reliability, it seems that the hard work we did over testing was positive,' he...
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