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Mercedes "relaxed" after 2014 domination - Villeneuve

The Mercedes Formula 1 team relaxed too much after a dominant 2014 season, according to former world champion Jacques Villeneuve. Mercedes has won three of the first four races of the season, but was beaten on pure pace by Ferrari in Malaysia and was again under threat by the Italian squad in the last race in Bahrain. The German squad won 16 of the 19 races of the 2014 season, and Villeneuve reckons the team did not expect anything would be able to catch up at the start of 2015. "It seems that, having achieved success, the team (Mercedes) relaxed a little bit," Villeneuve told France's Auto Hebdo. "I think Mercedes did not believe anyone could catch up with them, not...
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