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F1 Australia: Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in opening Practice of 2017

The 2017 Formula 1 season finally got underway on Friday, and it was Lewis Hamilton who led the way in first practice for the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. Hamilton set a best time of 1:24.220 on the Ultrasoft Pirelli tyre to lead a Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 1-2 from Valtteri Bottas, although the Finn made a mistake on his own fast lap on the Ultrasoft, ending 0.583 seconds back. The two Mercedes drivers were the only ones to venture out on track on the quickest compound of tyre during the ninety-minute session, with the rest of the field settling to run on either the Supersoft of Soft compounds. Daniel Ricciardo gave his home crowd something...
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