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Hamilton admits Mercedes not 'where we want to be'

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes made improvements on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain but admits the Brackley squad isn't where it wants to be. Hamilton concluded his day P5 in the pecking order, with 54 laps on the board but over a second behind Red Bull pace-setter Max Verstappen. Both Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas admitted to struggling over the weekend with the temperamental rear end of Mercedes' W12, something that was visually clear from the outset at Sakhir. But the seven-time world champion said the team just put its head down and worked methodically to improve its 2021 contender, with no real concern for its relative performance or the speed of its rivals....
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