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Spanish GP: Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in FP1

Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes one-two in the opening Formula 1 practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix, as McLaren-Honda suffered more engine woe. Hamilton clocked a 1m21.521s on the medium tyre, just 0.029s quicker than teammate Valtteri Bottas at Barcelona. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was the closest challenger to Mercedes, which is running radical scoop vanes on the nose, but he was nearly a second adrift. The Mercedes drivers were evenly matched throughout the session, with Hamilton holding the edge by 0.089s on the early runs on the hard tyre. After their first flying laps on the mediums, Hamilton and Bottas did a cool-down lap before going again but both failed to improve their...
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