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Mercedes unfazed by Ferrari's practice pace

Toto Wolff isn't too worried about Ferrari's 1-2 in Bahrain practice, saying the Scuderia drivers were running 'pretty high-power modes' on their hot laps. Kimi Raikkonen set the pace at the Bahrain International Circuit with a 1:29.817 that put him 0.011s up on Sebastian Vettel. Mercedes were next in line with Valtteri Bottas their best placed driver. He was, however, half a second off the pace. 'They were in a pretty high-power mode when they were on the lap, so it isn’t so worrying, but it is a good lap,' Wolff told Sky F1. 'And what we have seen in Melbourne and again here is that at various stages the teams are close together, so I can’t really judge.' Asked how he could...
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