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Gap to Ferrari in Japanese GP practice “flatters” Mercedes – Wolff

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff feels the considerable gap to Formula 1 rivals Ferrari during Japanese Grand Prix practice “flatters” his team and expects the advantage to shrink come qualifying. The reigning world champions dominated Friday practice at Suzuka as championship leader Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes 1-2 from teammate Valtteri Bottas in both sessions, finishing nearly a full second clear of Ferrari. But Wolff suspects Ferrari was running in conservative engine modes throughout FP1 and FP2 and suggested its apparent pace advantage over the Scuderia is not as great as it appears on the timesheets. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  “They are turned down [the engines] a bit,” Wolff...
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