Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton ended the opening practice session of the 2019 Formula 1 season fastest but it was a close run thing against both Ferraris. Hamilton banked a time in the final third of the session to take him to the top, before first Charles Leclerc and then Sebastian Vettel responded to leave the trio split by less than a tenth of a second. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth best from Valtteri Bottas while Daniel Ricciardo ended the session just 17th and more than two seconds off the pace in his Renault. It was a tough session for Renault, with Nico Hulkenberg sitting out much of it with an electrical issue, the German only emerging for any meaningful running with 20...
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