he Mercedes drivers suffered a Practice One of sharply contrasting fortunes at the Malaysia GP as Nico Rosberg set the pace while Lewis Hamilton ran into engine problems inside four laps. On the morning that McLaren's Fernando Alonso returned to action for the first time since his still mysterious Barcelona testing crash 33 days ago, world champions Mercedes picked up from where they left off at the Melbourne season-opener as Rosberg set the pace from the Ferraris. Hamilton, the race winner a fortnight ago, would almost certainly have joined his team-mate at the head of the order but his session was over even before the Briton had a timed lap on the board when he was told to pull off the...
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