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Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2 on Friday Japanese F1 practice

Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in Friday practice at the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. The Finn set a 1:27.785 to top FP2 and sweep both practice sessions at Suzuka. Bottas provided one of the few off-track moments in the day after he spun his W10 going onto the main straight 30 minutes into FP2. However, the five-time grand prix winner was able to recover and later set his best time on Pirelli’s soft rubber. Hamilton finished 0.1s adrift from his teammate, with the winner of the recent Russian Grand Prix underscoring Mercedes’ early advantage. With news Saturday’s track time had been cancelled, leaving FP3 scrapped and qualifying...
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