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Barcelona F1 test: Raikkonen tops final day of first week

Ferrari topped the final day of the first Formula 1 pre-season test of 2017, with Kimi Raikkonen outpacing Max Verstappen's Red Bull. On a day disrupted by the track being artificially watered overnight and again at lunchtime, the window for useful running was reduced. Very few teams made use of the wet track after lunch, with Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas one of the few drivers to complete many laps before it was dry enough for slicks. Max Verstappen spent a rare spell at the top of the times when he beat Raikkonen's morning benchmark in the middle of the afternoon, but the Ferrari driver then twice went faster on soft tyres to end the day 0.897s clear of the Red Bull. Mercedes was only eighth...
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