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Yes, I think it’s pretty apparent that Mercedes have been keeping their real speed hidden – just enough show-off laps to keep everyone guessing! It looks like a repeat of last year (at least at the start of the season), but at least it looks like there will be some real competition for the title of “best of the rest”.
Good to see Williams and Ferrari showing some real form. I would guess McLaren won’t start to catch up until several races in, but it sounds like they have a good platform once they get the reliability sorted. Red Bull is interesting – they’ve been running heavy fuel and seem to have been deliberately NOT doing fast qualifying laps, and they sound surprisingly happy with how they’re going. Force India was very impressive, given they only got their car to the track on Friday!
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