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Bottas smashes testing fastest lap as Vettel breaks down

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has set the fastest time of 2020 Formula 1 testing so far during Friday's morning session, while Ferrari had an engine failure. Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has topped the timesheets on the opening morning of the final day of the first test in Barcelona. The Finnish driver enjoyed a fast run on the softest C5 compound around midday to lower the testing benchmark to 1:15.7 – almost a second quicker than the 1:16.6 he set on the C3 compound just half an hour earlier to initially set the testing record. Bottas' 1:15.7 is by far and away the quickest seen in testing so far this year, and is a full half second clear of the best time seen in pre-season testing...
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