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Vettel plays down Ferrari pace on Day Seven

Sebastian Vettel has reiterated that Mercedes are still 'the ones to beat' after Ferrari set a new marker in the first testing session of Day Seven. The German set the new fastest lap of testing so far on ultrasofts despite lifting off in the final sector and also produced four laps under 1:19.5 on softs with a test-best of 1:19.341. However, Vettel was keen to keep a lid on expectations and that not much can be gleaned from the lap times at this early stage of the season. 'Mercedes are still very fast if you look at their long-run pace,' Vettel told reporters during the lunch break on Day Seven. 'They are the ones to beat. Historically, look at how slow they go in testing before ramping...
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