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Vettel: Mercedes engine turn up explains fake Friday results
Sebastian Vettel has played down Ferrari's role in its tendency to post more encouraging results during Friday practice than it can carry through to qualifying and race, saying Mercedes is sandbagging initially. Following the Austrian Grand Prix, during which Vettel was quickest in free practice only to fall comfortably short of his Mercedes rivals on Saturday and Sunday, Maurizio Arrivabene called on Ferrari to start producing more realistic runs on Friday to prevent 'fake' results. However, though Vettel says Ferrari will likely change tact for the British Grand Prix, he says much of the deficit can also be explained by Mercedes' ability to 'turn up' its engines when it matters, as...
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