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Bottas sets the pace in Japanese GP first practice

Mercedes Valtteri Bottas topped the first practice session at Suzuka for the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix, the Finn outpacing teammate Lewis Hamilton by less than a tenth of a second. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel clocked in third, edging Charles Leclerc and the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Alex Albon. With track time limited this weekend following the cancellation of Saturday's proceedings, teams are eager to accumulate as much mileage as possible in the two 90-minute sessions scheduled on Friday. Hamilton set the early pace during Mercedes' initial runs, undertaken on Pirelli's medium compound. But after setting a benchmark time of 1m30.832s, the five-time world champion was overhauled...
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