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Mercedes: Cooler temperatures to blame for lack of grip
Chinese Grand Prix – The Mercedes team were left to lament the cool temperatures at the Shanghai International Circuit after being outpaced by Ferrari. Whilst the Ferrari pairing of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen fought for pole position, Mercedes finished the qualifying hour in third and fourth, unable to keep up with their rivals. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finished the session in third and fourth respectively, but were more than half-a-second off Vettel's pole position time. Whilst competing against Ferrari in Q2, Mercedes were able to extract strong lap times out of the soft tyres, but struggled to get the ultrasoft tyres into their right operating window. Speaking...
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