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Azerbaijan GP: Bottas leads FP3 as Vettel, Verstappen hit trouble

Valtteri Bottas edged out Kimi Raikkonen to lead the way in final free practice for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku. The Finn clocked a 1m42.742s on the supersoft Pirelli tyres to finish 0.095 seconds clear of Ferrari's Raikkonen. His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who had a lairy moment at the narrow Turn 8, was three tenths further back in third. Bottas set the early pace on the soft tyre, heading Raikkonen by almost four tenths of a second. When teams turned their attention to qualifying simulations on the supersoft tyres, Hamilton and Bottas traded fastest laps. Hamilton was unhappy with his tyres throughout but Bottas enjoyed a more straightforward session, gradually...
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