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Vettel: Ferrari deficit to Mercedes 'not really a surprise'

Sebastian Vettel says the deficit conceded by Ferrari to Mercedes on the opening day of running in Spain did not come as a surprise to the German given his car's shortfall in Barcelona's slow corners. Vettel marginally trailed pace-setter Valtteri Bottas in FP1 and concluded Friday's second session in fourth place, just behind team mate Charles Leclerc, with the pair giving up a little over three tenths of a second to the Mercedes drivers. In a bid to counter its rival after its opening four-race clean sweep, Ferrari introduced in Barcelona its Spec-2 engine, but Vettel's bone of contention was with his SF90 chassis and the time lost in the Circuit de Catalunya's slower final sector....
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