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FP3: Bottas quickest, and crashes

Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets in FP3 for the Japanese GP as practice was once again interrupted, first by the Mercedes driver and then Kimi Raikkonen. After early morning drizzle, Saturday's final practice for the Japanese Grand Prix began on a dry track that sported just a few damp patches. Mercedes were immediately on the pace with Lewis Hamilton's very first lap on the soft tyres into the 1:29s. Valtteri Bottas challenged him for P1 with his 1:29.055 coming in 0.014s up on Hamilton's best. However, going for a second hot lap – and a quicker one – Bottas brought out the red flags when he kicked up astroturf at the exit of Spoon Curve, went through the grass and...
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