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Hamilton brushes off Vettel's track record pace
Lewis Hamilton has shrugged off Ferrari Formula 1 rival Sebastian Vettel's track record pace in Barcelona as Mercedes opted to focus on a different programme through pre-season testing. Vettel stole the headlines on Thursday by smashing the previous track record at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, posting a final time of 1:17.182 to finish over one second clear of the field on the hypersoft tyre. Mercedes focused on its long-run pace through Thursday's sessions, with Hamilton not wishing to read too much into Vettel's time. "I don’t know if it’s a qualifying run. I don’t really know, I don’t really care - it’s testing," Hamilton said. "I think someone said I...
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