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Hamilton fastest as Ericsson crashes heavily

Lewis Hamilton led team-mate Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the French Grand Prix. The world champion was 0.140 seconds quicker than Bottas on Formula 1's return to the country where the sport started for the first time in 10 years. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was third, 0.296secs off the pace and ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel and the Haas of Romain Grosjean. Sauber's Marcus Ericsson had a heavy crash at the end of the session. The Swede lost the car at the fast Beausset corner after the flat-out Signes corner at the end of the Mistral straight, spinning under braking for the double right-hander and smashing into the barriers. He was...
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