Lewis Hamilton admitted that Mercedes was not where it wants to be versus its front-running rivals after the opening day of running at Sochi. Hamilton concluded his day fourth fastest, a little over a tenth behind teammate Valtteri Bottas but 0.798s adrift from Red Bull's Max Verstappen, the afternoon session's pace-setter. The reigning world champion said it had been "a day of discovery" for Mercedes during which the team's progress was matched by the improvements of its opponents. Hamilton, Bottas aiming to avoid more Mercedes team orders "It's been a day of discovery and exploring. It started off not too bad and while we've been improving, the others made some big...
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