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Hamilton: Mercedes are behind

Lewis Hamilton has denied Mercedes "sandbagged" during Friday Practice for the Russian GP and insisted Ferrari are ahead after topping the timesheets by over half a second at Sochi. Sebastian Vettel's pacesetting Friday lap of 1:34.120 was 0.670s faster than the quickest Mercedes could manage. "It's one lap, it's much more important what we did after that. I think we improved throughout the session so I'm reasonably happy," the Ferrari driver told Sky Sports F1. "I think (Mercedes) will be fine, it's a circuit that suits them. Last year, people expected Williams to be the fastest after the Friday, if I remember it right, and it turned out Mercedes were the fastest,...
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