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Mercedes downplays pre-season advantage

Constructor’s and driver’s champion Mercedes is playing down its dominance following methodical and sublimely fast pre-season testing form in the European winter. Mercedes came away from the final round of tests at the Catalunya circuit in Barcelona clutching what appears to be a large gap over its rivals headed by Williams, Ferrari and Red Bull who are scrabbling to see who emerges as second best. Following the final four-day runs in Spain, Mercedes bullishly ran on medium compound rubber to concentrate on baseline strategy before moving to soft Pirellis at the back end of the tests. Even on soft rubber Nico Rosberg, who shaded his world champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton on combined...
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