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Mercedes take the lead in first Australian practice
On the back of weeks of speculation on who would be the team to beat this year, or rather this weekend at Australia, the 2018 F1 season has finally kicked off with first practice for the Australian Grand Prix. In this first glimpse of relative performances, Lewis Hamilton ended out ahead. Valtteri Bottas shadowed the World Champion in second place, heading the same competitors of 2017, namely Red Bull Racing and Ferrari. The latter two teams however did not yet utilize the ultra-soft tyres on their fastest runs, hinting that competition may become closer as the weekend progresses. In fact, it was Raikkonen who was fastest in the Ferrari, running exclusively on the soft tyre, which is...
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