Half a second up on his nearest rival in FP2, Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes' improvement between the final test and Friday's practice was 'night and day.' Despite stating several times that Ferrari would be the team to beat in Melbourne, it was Hamilton who claimed back-to-back P1s in Friday's practices. He was up on Valtteri Bottas in the opening session before finishing half a second ahead of Sebastian Vettel in the late afternoon running. 'It was a night and day difference to how the car felt in the last few days of testing so that was a big relief for all of us,' said the Brit. 'It was 99 per cent perfect. After struggling with some issues in Barcelona, we didn't know if we'd have the...
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