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Ferrari caught out relaxed Mercedes claims Villeneuve

Mercedes was caught by surprise by Ferrari's resurgence this year, according to 1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve. In Australia, the reigning world champion team appeared to have maintained or even extended its dominance of 2014 by easily driving to a one-two. But then in Malaysia, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won on merit. 'It seems that, having achieved success, the team (Mercedes) relaxed a little bit,' Villeneuve told France's Auto Hebdo. 'I think Mercedes did not believe anyone could catch up with them, not realising that the situation had in fact changed.' Pirelli's F1 chief Paul Hembery, however, said Mercedes was not alone in being caught unaware by the level of...
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