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Toto Wolff: Mercedes can't match 'ridiculous' Ferrari power

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has admitted that their engine is no match for Ferrari's 'ridiculous' power. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took an easy pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday, beating his own team-mate by more than seven-tenths. Whilst Lewis Hamilton only narrowly missed out on beating Sebastian Vettel to second, Wolff conceded that they're unable to match the Ferrari's straight-line speed.  'We knew that it was going to be difficult and probably third and fourth was what we expected as the optimum result,' he said after qualifying. 'I think it could have been second, but we have a deficit [to Ferrari] with our package. 'That...
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