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Bottas and Mercedes on top mid-day in Barcelona
Valtteri Bottas led the field mid-day at the Circuit de Catalunya on the opening day of pre-season testing, the Mercedes driver leading Racing Point's Sergio Perez and Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Bottas clocked in after a trouble-free morning with a 1m17.313 that edged Perez by just 0.062s. Verstappen put 91 laps under his belt, the most of any driver, as he put his new RB16 through its paces. Gallery: First actions shots from Barcelona There were surprisingly no stoppages during the session, with the teams' contenders demonstrating solid reliability from the outset. However, Haas' Kevin Magnussen suffered a spin at Turn 9 just before the lunch break, but the Dane's car fortunately incurred...
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