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Sebastian Vettel: Ferrari should be better than this

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Sebastian Vettel seemed genuinely stunned by the gap to Mercedes in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. As a veteran of 11 seasons he knows as well as anyone not to read too much into testing, but so convincing was Ferrari's advantage in Barcelona two weeks ago that he -- and the rest of the paddock -- had become accustomed to the idea of the red cars leading from the front. Yet in qualifying the margin was 0.704s in Mercedes' favour.