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Sochi FP1: Raikkonen and Bottas set the early pace

It was a one-two for Finland's finest racing drivers as Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen topped the timing screens at the end of the first free practice session of the Russian Grand Prix weekend, at Sochi Autodrom, with Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas posting the second best time. A mere four hundredth of a second separated the duo on the timing sheets, with Raikkonen's best time of 1:36.074 a tad quicker than his countryman's best. Lewis Hamilton was over half a second down on his teammate with the third best time of the 90 minutes morning session, while world championship leader Sebastian Vettel could only manage the fifth best time. The German spun without incident during the session in which he...
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