Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has gone fastest in the first practice session at Imola, ahead of Sunday's Emilia Romagna GP. Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, after snatching top spot away from his teammate with less than three minutes remaining. Bottas set a 1:16.564 to finish just 0.041 ahead of Hamilton, with Max Verstappen finishing in third for Alpine. Charles Leclerc finished in fourth place for Ferrari, just over two tenths away from top spot, while Pierre Gasly was fifth for AlphaTauri. Carlos Sainz finished in sixth place for Ferrari, having topped the time for the majority of the session until the first red flag period. Fernando...
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