Ferrari pushing like crazy to catch Mercedes

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Ferrari, Russian GP 2016 

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Sebastian Vettel has had a troubled weekend so far in Russia.

After early-season reliability trouble and then a controversial clash with teammate Kimi Raikkonen in China, the German then struck more reliability problems on Friday in Russia.

And a changed gearbox means he will serve a five-position demotion on the Sochi grid.

According to Italy’s La Repubblica, boss Maurizio Arrivabene had warned before Russia that Ferrari had deliberately entered dangerous ground for 2016 in a bid to catch the pace of dominant Mercedes.

“When you’re behind, the way to recover is to push like crazy,” …

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