It cannot be stressed enough, and we certainly don't want to dampen anyone's enthusiasm or dash anyone’s hopes, but exciting as the prospect of a Ferrari revival might be, let's not get carried away. That said, on the face of it, and ignoring such things as fuel loads, the Italian team certainly kept rivals Mercedes honest today, indeed Sebastian Vettel didn't even feel the need - unlike Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton - to try the soft rubber. Pace aside - and because of the question mark over fuel loads, not to mention the fact that Mercedes made the switch to the soft rubber - what was impressive is that both teams enjoyed superb reliability, neither machine missing a beat....
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