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Alonso upstages Mercedes in practice

Ferrari's former world champion Fernando Alonso upstaged the mighty Mercedes team by setting the pace in first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday. Alonso, a winner on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2006 and runner-up to world champion Sebastian Vettel last year, lapped the island track with a best time of one minute 17.238 seconds on an overcast morning on the banks of the St. Lawrence river. Right behind the Spaniard were the Mercedes due of Lewis Hamilton, a three-times winner in Canada, and his team mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg. The Briton and German arrived in Canada downplaying a spat between the team mates that had dominated talk up and down the paddock...
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