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Imola FP1: Bottas and Mercedes turn the tables
Valtteri Bottas topped the timing screens at the end of the first free practice for Sunday's Emila Romagna Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, at Imola, with teammate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in very close attendance. Verstappen, whose Red Bull was expected to be a match or better than the Mercs, was lacking a mere 0.058 of a second – it is very close at the top. Bottas hot lap of 1:16.564 came late in the session, with Hamilton close but not close enough. Mercedes were clearly busy over since Bahrain and will be happy with what they got out of their package so early on in proceedings. The Finn in particular needs some fuel to fire his...
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