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Rosberg downplays early edge over Hamilton

 XPB Images Nico Rosberg has played down his clean sweep of Friday practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, as the Mercedes man expects his team-mate Lewis Hamilton to come back strongly. Rosberg topped both FP1 and FP2 and even broke the unofficial lap record around the Spielberg venue with a 1:07.373 flyer in the morning, leaving his title rival 0.357s adrift. The gap shrunk down to just 0.019s in the rain-hit afternoon session but that was only after the current championship leader aborted his final hot lap, which was set to be much faster. “It was a decent start to the weekend but Lewis didn’t get his laps together so he didn’t show what he could do,” Rosberg said. “It...
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