04 May 2015

Villeneuve: 'Ferrari pace startled Merc'

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NEW AND IMPROVED: Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has lead the Italian team's resurgence in 2015. <em>Image: AP / Kamran Jebreili </em>

LONDON, England - Mercedes was surprised by Ferrari's 2015 resurgence, according to 1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve.

In Australia the reigning Mercedes team seemed to have maintained or even extended its 2014 dominance by easily driving to a 1-2 but then, in Malaysia, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won on merit.

FERRARI PUSHING HARD

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