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FP1: Bottas tops opening practice in Portugal

Portuguese Grand Prix – Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was the fastest man in opening practice ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix. The Finn set the benchmark time of a 1:19.648s, just 0.025s ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Verstappen locked up and a flat spot on his tyre caused “impossible to drive” vibrations – but the Dutchman managed to set a competitive laptime to finish in second. His main championship rival, Lewis Hamilton, was down in fifth, some 0.3s off his teammate’s time using on the same soft compound tyres. Sergio Perez had a good day in the upgraded RBR16B, slotting his Red Bull into third, just two tenths off Bottas’s benchmark. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was...
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