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Bottas fastest as rain curtails France FP3 running
Valtteri Bottas closed out Formula 1 practice for the French Grand Prix fastest for Mercedes as heavy rain 10 minutes into the session curtailed running. After seeing Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton lead both FP1 and FP2 on Friday, Bottas took his turn at the head of the field with a fastest time of 1m33.666s set in the early stages of the session on the Ultrasoft tyre, getting the lap in before a sharp downpour hit the Paul Ricard circuit. While 13 drivers were able to complete a flying lap and put a time on the board, the remaining runners were limited only to installation laps as rain soaked the circuit, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel telling his team the session was "over"...
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