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Bahrain GP: Vettel quickest, Raikkonen breaks down in FP1

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel topped the first Formula 1 free practice session for the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix. While Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen was slowest after stopping on his seventh lap with smoke coming out of the rear of the car thanks to a problem the team suspected was related to high engine temperature, Vettel had no such trouble. Vettel's best time of 1m32.697s, set with 31 minutes of the session remaining, was enough to guarantee the top spot by four tenths of a second ahead of Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo. During the early running with each driver using their first set of tyres, which can only be used during the first 40 minutes, Valtteri Bottas was fastest for...
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