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Hamilton fastest in FP1 as Ricciardo shunts

Lewis Hamilton has topped the first Formula 1 practice session to be held on the Baku City Circuit as the unusual European Grand Prix venue proved as tricky as drivers had feared. Though damaging accidents were limited to a shunt for Daniel Ricciardo at the particularly difficult Turn 15 left-hander, the FP1 session was nonetheless peppered with many off-track moments as the drivers spent the 90mins session finding the limits. Indeed, though the tight T8-12 section has garnered much of the pre-event attention, it was T1, T3, T15 and T16 – all largely 90 degree bends - that would prove most testing, with Hamilton venturing off course three times in three laps despite his top time. It was...
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