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Sebastian Vettel labels Mercedes 'the favourite' after practice showing

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel has labelled Mercedes as “the favourite” at the Red Bull Ring, following the conclusion of Friday’s practice sessions. Vettel’s title rival Lewis Hamilton led the way during both 90-minute sessions, winding up 0.147s faster than the German during the afternoon running. Vettel believes Ferrari will be closer over one-lap than at the previous event in Azerbaijan, where the team trailed Hamilton by over a second, but acknowledged the speed of the W08s. “Baku I think was a one-off in many ways; the qualifying wasn’t good, positioning wasn’t too bad, the gap was too big, we didn’t feel as comfortable as we...
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