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Lewis Hamilton leads opening F1 pre-season test day at Barcelona

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time as Formula 1’s new era got underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Monday. Hamilton, who drove during the afternoon session, clocked a best lap of 1:21.765s on soft tyres in the W08, beating his pole position time from last year’s Spanish Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel led the way in the morning session and improved on Medium tyres during the afternoon, but fell 0.113s short of overhauling Hamilton. Hamilton also debuted a ‘shark fin’ on the Mercedes W08, after team-mate Valtteri Bottas ran a more traditional engine cover during the morning session. Bottas wound up sixth overall, with...
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