Jenson Button thinks Daniel Ricciardo is the only driver with a chance of coming close to the Mercedes cars at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso split the two Mercedes in Friday practice, but Button pointed to a long and consistent run from the Red Bull driver in FP2 as the true indicator of form.

“I would say the Ferrari probably isn’t the car that will take it to the Mercedes,” Button said. “In qualifying maybe, but in the race Ricciardo in the Red Bull looks very strong. He’s a lot quicker than his team-mate and able to do seven laps more on his longer run.

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