Valtteri Bottas managed to ensure Mercedes picked up right where they left off last season, topping the timesheets in the first session of 2020 Formula 1 testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Leading the way with a time of 1:17.313 on the C3 tyre, the Finn was 0.062 seconds faster than the Racing Point of Sergio Perez (also C3), and 0.474s faster than the third-placed Red Bull of Max Verstappen, who was fitted with the slower C2. A session with no significant incidents, all teams were able to rack-up decent mileage, with Verstappen leading the way as the first to complete a race distance (66 laps), and going on to complete a total of 91 before the session came to a close. Bottas...
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