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FP1: First practice hit by tyre failures

Nico Rosberg put in a late dash on the soft tyres to claim the P1 at the Shanghai circuit on Friday in a session that was blighted by tyre failures for Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen. On a warm sunny day in China, Lewis Hamilton kicked off the morning's antics with a P1 time of 1:38.802 followed by a spin. Massa then went one better – in the spin department that is. His Williams suffered a rear left tyre failure through Turn 5, which resulted in a rather hairy moment for the Brazilian into Turn 6. Massa limped back to the pits while the red flag was thrown to allow the marshals to clear debris and gravel from the track. The action resumed minutes later with another spin from...
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