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Mercedes delivers another masterclass as Ferrari gets it wrong again

Seriously -- what on earth is wrong with Ferrari?

In the closing moments of the opening qualifying session, all eyes were on Sebastian Vettel, who had slipped into the elimination zone after a series of scruffy laps -- the German's car had been fixed up after an FP3 crash earlier in the day. But teammate Charles Leclerc's name was only a few places above on the timing screen and the Monaco native appeared to be in an equally precarious position -- but Ferrari opted against sending him out for a final attempt at a quicker lap, despite surely understanding that doing so left him at the mercy of others improving their lap times.