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Mansell rubbishes underdog ‘rhetoric'
Nigel Mansell says Toto Wolff's claims that Mercedes are the 'underdogs' in the Formula 1 title race is nothing but rhetoric. In the wake of Ferrari's 1-2 in Monaco, a result that handed Sebastian Vettel a 25 point lead in the Drivers' Championship and saw Mercedes fall to second in the Constructors' race, Wolff declared that Ferrari are now the team to beat. 'It's painful, but we are not the favourites for this year's championship. At the moment it's Ferrari,' says the motorsport boss. Mansell, though, doesn't agree. 'That's rhetoric. I don't believe they're underdogs,' the 63-year-old Briton told Reuters. 'I think they are very close.' He added that Ferrari had done 'an absolutely...
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