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Vettel doubts relevancy of rivals' single-compound race sims

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has questioned the validity of the race simulations conducted last week by the Scuderia's rivals, Mercedes and Red Bull, in light of the fact that both teams used a single compound for their runs. Based on race pace, derived from each team's simulations, Mercedes had the upper hand over Red Bull, and clearly outpaced Ferrari. Contray to its rivals, the Italian outfit ran a race simulation in realistic conditions in Barcelona, with Vettel starting his run on Pirelli's supersoft tyre before taking on the medium compound for his following two stints. Raikkonen rates Ferrari's 'strong package' Both Mercedes and Red Bull completed their respective simulations using...
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