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Rosberg eases to FP1 top spot but Hamilton hits trouble

Nico Rosberg set a commanding pace in opening practice for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, but his Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS team-mate Lewis Hamilton stopped on circuit before setting a lap time. Rosberg set a best time of 1m40.124s to beat the two Scuderia Ferrari drivers, with Kimi Raikkonen ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg had been over a second clear of everyone for the first hour of the session, but late improvements saw Raikkonen get within four tenths of a second, although it looked like Rosberg had plenty of time in his pocket after setting better sector times without completing the laps. Hamilton on the other hand was asked to stop on circuit at turn nine by his team as a...
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