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Hamilton leaves rivals behind
Lewis Hamilton completed a dominant start to F1 2017's opening day as Mercedes threw off the shackles from winter testing in Practice for the Australian GP. Despite protestations in the build-up to Melbourne that testing pacesetters Ferrari were favourites for the first race, Hamilton comfortably topped both Friday practice sessions with his P2 lap of 1:23.620, within one second of the quickest lap ever recorded at Albert Park. In an added bonus for the title favourite, Hamilton again outpaced new team-mate Valtteri Bottas by half a second, the same margin as Practice One. Sebastian Vettel managed to split the Mercedes', with Red Bull slipping behind Ferrari in the second session after...
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