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Bottas: Ferrari are 'very strong' and are ahead of the other teams

Bottas: Ferrari are 'very strong' and are ahead of the other teams

21-02-2019 12:39
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Valtteri Bottas has said that at the moment Ferrari seem to be ahead of all the other teams. The Finn believes that the Italian team are quick no matter what fuel load they have and whether they are doing a long or short stint. Although it is too early to say who really is ahead at this stage, things are heating up for a competitive season. 

“They do seem very strong,” said Bottas to RaceFans. “No matter which kind of fuel load or engine modes they’re running, whatever you try to correct that for in any case that they are quick. Both short runs and long runs.

“So I think we feel at this point they’re going to be a bit ahead.”

“With the new rules, it’s going to be a big development race. We don’t think anyone is going with this type of car in this test to the first race, including us, we do have new parts coming for the first race.

“[But] we can’t really rely on that it’s going to be an upgrade. We do need to, even with this spec of car, to try and make it better and quicker.”

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