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Vettel doubts Mercedes running full beans on Friday
Reigning F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel said that Red Bull had had a good day of practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, but did not believe that he would be able to challenge current pacesetters Mercedes when it mattered. The German finished fifth fastest in the second session of the day, with RBR team-mate Daniel Ricciardo one place better off, but remained seven-tenths off the pace of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. Although the gap was smaller than at other points this season, Vettel insisted that there was still a lot of ground to make up. “Maybe [Mercedes] didn't run full beans today,” he offered, “It's difficult to say, but I think they're still the favourites and still quite far...
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