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Wolff ‘very happy’ to see Ferrari improvement

Toto Wolff says he is “very happy” to see Ferrari looking strong ahead of the start of the new Formula One season.

Ferrari has shown a clear improvement compared to 2014 during this pre-season, with its power unit appearing to be a step forward while both Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel say the SF15-T is a good baseline for the team this year.

While Mercedes boss Wolff is wary of rivals trying to close the gap to his team, he told F1i it is important for the sport that Ferrari is more competitive than it was last season.

“I’m very happy to see Ferrari performing how they did,” Wolff said. “It’s important for Formula One that Ferrari is fast and competitive and I very much enjoy seeing them rebounding as far as you can see in testing.

“I think they could be one of the very strong competitors, another one is Williams.”

Ferrari finished 2014 with just two podiums to its name as the team failed to win a race for the first season since 1993.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.