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Hamilton fastest in opening free practice

Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for Mercedes in a rain-hit first free practice at Formula One's season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday. The Briton bided his time until a break between rain squalls late in the 90-minute session at Albert Park and posted a lap of one minute 29.725 seconds, over four-tenths of a second quicker than Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat. Kvyat's Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest, over a second adrift of Hamilton, and took a spill into the gravel late in the session as he pushed for a better time. Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel, tipped to threaten Hamilton's ambitions of a third successive title, was first out of the...
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