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Vettel and Binotto unsure why Ferrari's pace has gone missing

©Ferrari Phillip van Osten 17/03/2019 at 11:19 A distant fourth wasn't what Sebastian Vettel was expecting in Melbourne, where the German driver was at a loss to understand ferrari's sudden loss of pace. Solid performance in pre-season testing indicated that the Scuderia would likely show up in Australia as the class of the field, but practice sessions, qualifying and race day surprisingly contradicted that expectation. "We were just slow," bluntly said Vettel after crossing the finish line some 35 seconds behind dominant winner, Mercedes' Valttieri Bottas. "[I had] way less grip. In Barcelona, we were very happy with tyre life from day one. The balance was right, the car...
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