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Lauda expects F1 teams to show true pace before Melbourne
Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda says F1 teams won't hide their new cars' true pace in the final pre-season test before the first Grand Prix of 2017. Pre-season sessions in F1 are often seen as not representative of the actual balance of power between the teams, as proved by 2016. Ferrari headed both weeks of early-2016 running in Barcelona, but was powerless to challenge Mercedes over the regular season. But Lauda insisted there would be no gamesmanship from the Silver Arrows this time around as, with the new, more aggressive regulations arriving, the team will want to know where it stands in the pecking order before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 26. "The...
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