By Alan Baldwin, Reuters
Published: 13:01 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 13:08 GMT, 20 February 2019
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Lewis Hamilton shrugged off Ferrari's testing pace on Wednesday while recognising that he and Mercedes faced their toughest challenge yet as they seek to stretch their Formula One domination into a sixth successive season.
Ferrari, overall runners-up last year, have led the timesheets for the first two days of testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya and have also done plenty of laps with their new SF90 car.
Sebastian Vettel, the four times champion who is partnered by young Monegasque Charles Leclerc this year, said on Monday his Ferrari had been 'close to perfection'.
Lewis Hamilton is unfazed by the red hot start to pre-season made by arch-rivals Ferrari
Mercedes, winners of both titles for the past five years, have also been pounding out the mileage without setting any eye-catching times.
'They (Ferrari) have been looking great,' Hamilton, who will be chasing his sixth title, told reporters. 'For us it's been just digging deep, trying to understand the car, Pretty much the same as the beginning of every year.
'The Ferraris
