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How Ferrari has cut into Mercedes' advantage

A thrilling Spanish Grand Prix put Ferrari and Mercedes wheel-to-wheel, but more telling was the Italian team's overall performance - and the updates that have made it a credible long-term threat to F1's recent dominator

The Spanish Grand Prix served up a very exciting race in the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. But what it didn't deliver was a clear indication of whether Ferrari or Mercedes has the fastest car.

Mercedes and Ferrari are clearly in a different league to the rest in race conditions. Between the two it is going to be all about the development war and who gets the breaks or makes the best calls when it comes to strategy, as we saw at Barcelona.

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