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Lauda says Ferrari now ‘closer’ to Mercedes

Niki Lauda insists Ferrari is continuing to close the gap to championship leaders Mercedes. The resurgent Italian camp arrived in Barcelona with arguably the bigger update package, but Sebastian Vettel said after practice that he is not yet on Mercedes' pace. 'The gap is still there — that is the bad news for us,' said the German. 'If we can keep this trend up that would be great, but four tenths is still a gap and it could be more than that.' According to Mercedes team chairman Lauda, however, Ferrari has actually made up ground ahead of the crucial first European race of 2015. 'If we talk about qualifying then I think pole will be between Lewis and Nico,' said the F1 legend, 'but...
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