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No more 'fake pace' from Ferrari

If team principal Maurizio Arrivabene gets his way, then Ferrari will be running Friday practice sessions on full tanks in future. Mercedes remain the pacesetters in Formula 1, but Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen often appear to be a lot closer during the first two practice sessions, often topping the timesheets. However, they usually fall away both in qualifying and on race day with the Merc drivers taking all eight pole positions so far this season and winning seven races. Arrivabene believes his Scuderia outfit would be better off showing their true pace on Fridays. 'My analysis is that it depends on how much fuel Mercedes have compared to us,' he is quoted as saying by Autosport....
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