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Vettel says Mercedes ‘in a different universe’

Sebastian Vettel says Mercedes is “in a different universe” after seeing the performance advantage of the defending champions in qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton beat teammate Valtteri Bottas to pole position by just over 0.1s in a close flight between teammates, but they were nearly a second clear of Lance Stroll in third place. The gap to Vettel — the first non-Mercedes powered car, in fifth place — was over 1.3 seconds and the German says the performance advantage is huge, but he is hopeful of fighting with the Racing Point cars in a dry race as he starts on the soft tire compound. “I don’t know (if I want it to be wet) — we struggle a bit...
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