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Mercedes: The initial feeling of the car was good

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport completed the majority of its planned programme on the first day of 2018 pre-season testing, gathering valuable aero and tyre data. Owing to cold temperatures throughout the day and rain after the lunch break the team decided to cut the running short midway through the afternoon. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton took turns at the wheel of the all-new F1 W09 EQ Power+, completing a total of 83 laps at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Valtteri was the first behind the wheel in the morning session, completing the programme the team had planned Lewis session in the afternoon was cut short as the weather changed for the worse and made it tricky to run...
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