Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has acknowledged that Ferrari are now ahead in the Formula 1 development race. After several seasons of being top dog in the F1 paddock, it now appears that they have been emphatically demoted to second spot after a significant boost in performance by their rivals since the summer break. Wolff said after qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix that Ferrari now held an significant straight-line speed advantage. "We're losing seven or eight tenths to the Ferraris on the straights and there's only so much you can do against that," he said. "Our engineering team made the most out of the package that we had this week," he told Sky Sports F1. "But...
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