Nico Rosberg recorded the fastest-ever lap around the Red Bull Ring as Mercedes' world championship leader made a scintillating start to the Austrian GP in Practice One. Rosberg is unbeaten in Austria since the country returned to the calendar in 2014 and during the course of Friday's opening session, he twice broke Michael Schumacher's all-time benchmark for the 4.3-mile track of 1:07.908, which was set in qualifying in 2003. The German's best time of 1:07.373 was 0.357 seconds quicker than team-mate Lewis Hamilton could manage. After a mistake-ridden qualifying gave way to a difficult race last time out in Baku, Hamilton's P1 featured a spin into the gravel at Turn Four and other...
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