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Ferrari play down Baku straight-line speed

Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto has shrugged off suggestions of his team enjoying a performance advantage over Mercedes at the Azerbaijan GP. The Scuderia delivered pace on the straights which both Mercedes and the remaining teams had no answer for in Bahrain and China, and Silver Arrows boss Toto Wolff predicted that it would put Ferrari on the front foot in Baku, like he had predicted for Formula 1's 1000th GP in Shanghai – though that never materialised with Mercedes taking a third-straight one-two finish in the race. The Baku City Circuit is the second-longest track on the Formula 1 calendar and also features one of its fastest straights. However, these high-speed sections are...
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