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Ferrari shows 'serious pace' - Rosberg

Nico Rosberg has described Ferrari as "very dangerous" after it showed "serious pace" in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

While Rosberg topped the second practice session - and only representative one as it took place at the same time as qualifying and the race - Sebastian Vettel showed strong long run pace in FP2, posting times quicker than his fellow German at the start of their comparable runs. Rosberg admits the pace shown from Ferrari is a concern, especially as there is little chance to learn from FP3 on Saturday.

"We’ve learned that it is pointless driving at lunchtime because we don’t learn anything because the race is in the evening and it’s such different conditions," Rosberg said. "After that in the evening we learned that we were very quick on one lap again and the Ferrari is very dangerous to us on the long run because they have serious pace."

Asked if Ferrari is a genuine threat, Rosberg replied: "Yeah, for sure. It looks like it.

"[Friday] was good but the pace of the Ferraris is very worrying because in qualifying we are again much quicker, but in the race they are quick."

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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.