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Bottas and Mercedes lead pack in FP3
Valtteri Bottas was fastest in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix later today. He was narrowly faster than Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton, with both driver having a reasonable margin over the competition. Hamilton already claimed on Friday that his Mercedes felt like it should again, and his and Bottas's performances seem to confirm that the silver arrows were back on form. Sebastian Vettel was the closest challenger and limited the deficit to 3 tenths. The Red Bull duo were fourth and fifth fastest, but nearly a second down on the Mercedes. Ocon, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Perez nad Palmer were all more than a full second down as they completed the top...
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