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Vettel: ‘Gap to Mercedes more than expected'

Sebastian Vettel has conceded he was a little surprised by Mercedes' pace in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The joint-World Championship leader was forced to settle for P3 on the grid for Sunday's race after finishing four tenths behind the Mercedes duo. 'Overall I was very happy with how qualifying went and how the car felt,' Vettel said. We had a few issues yesterday and we tweaked the balance in the right direction. 'I was very happy with my first lap but saw both of them were ahead. 'When I saw the time I was a bit down as four tenths was more than I expected. 'The next lap I tried a bit too hard everywhere as I had nothing to lose but it didn't work. Hopefully we can do a bit...
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