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Bottas sets the pace in damp FP1

Belgium Grand Prix – Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has set the fastest time in the opening practice session ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. The Finn set a set of 1:45.199 which was a tenth and a half faster than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in second place.  Pierre Gasly for AlphaTauri was half a second off the benchmark in third place. Formula 1’s return from the summer break was blighted by a blanket of foggy cloud over the Spa-Francochamps circuit. A brief and light shower before the session ensured that some of the drivers headed out on the intermediate tyres on their initial installation laps. But the track wasn’t quite wet enough and the drivers switched to the dry tyres for...
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