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Brundle: Mercedes' low rake masking the real issue

Sky Sports F1 pundit Martin Brundle feels Mercedes‘ low-rake concept is taking the focus away from other issues the team have with their W12 car. We may have seen a familiar sight in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix with Mercedes taking victory, but the key difference on this occasion was the fact it was other factors that contributed to Sir Lewis Hamilton's race win and not purely down to having a superior car. While Mercedes made improvements to their W12 after a tricky winter testing period, the general consensus is that the Red RB16B is currently the best car on the grid, especially after the near four-tenth gap between pole-sitter Max Verstappen and Hamilton in qualifying....
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