Lewis Hamilton turned the tables on Valtteri Bottas for a third successive Friday to head into the Italian Grand Prix weekend with the upper hand on his Mercedes team-mate. Around a power-heavy, low-downforce Monza circuit, it was no surprise to see yet another Mercedes one-two, even with the first glimpse of the so-called party mode ban in operation. Article continues under video After Bottas topped the FP1 timesheet at the end of first practice, as was the case ahead of the last two races in Spain and Belgium, Hamilton flipped it around in FP2. As the drivers upped the pace in the second session with the first pre-qualifying laps, Hamilton led the way with a lap of one minute 20.192secs,...
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