World Champion Lewis Hamilton maintained Mercedes’ one-lap dominance during second practice at Formula 1’s rearranged Spanish Grand Prix on Friday afternoon. Formula 1’s Spanish encounter traditionally takes place in mid-May and the event’s postponement to this weekend means teams and drivers have faced hotter conditions compared to usual. Mercedes struggled with blistering on the harder compound tyres in race trim in hot weather at Silverstone last Sunday, but across one lap, and on softer tyres with lower pressures, the W11 was the class of the field on Friday afternoon. Hamilton posted a time of 1:16.883 on the Soft compound – which this weekend is the C3 – to finish 0.287s...
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