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Vettel confident despite half-second gap

– Sebastian Vettel is confident that Ferrari "can do something" to challenge Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix, despite a sizeable deficit in Friday practice.Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton comfortably topped the opening day at Albert Park, finishing over half a second clear of the chasing pack in both sessions.Vettel was Hamilton's nearest rival in FP2, albeit 0.547s slower on the same Ultra Soft tyre, but is optimistic that Ferrari can make improvements overnight.Asked if the half-second gap to Hamilton is representative of the pecking order, Vettel responded: "I hope not! But we'll see..."Overall [the first day has] been OK, but we had some small troubles...
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