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Verstappen shows Red Bull threat by topping first F1 practice

Max Verstappen gave an early glimpse of the pace Mercedes believe makes Red Bull favourites for the season-opening Bahrain GP by topping the first practice session of Formula 1 2021. In the first of the sport's shortened 60-minute Friday practice sessions, Verstappen posted the quickest time of 1:31.394 in the closing minutes of the hour under the blazing desert sunshine. Valtteri Bottas was 0.3s back in the lead Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton half a second adrift in fourth. McLaren, meanwhile, made an encouraging start to their weekend with Lando Norris fourth in their new Mercedes-powered challenger.
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