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Is Mercedes’ improvement real? - what we learned on Friday at F1's Austrian GP

Has Mercedes really taken a step forward? After being well beaten last weekend at the Styrian Grand Prix, Mercedes appeared to hit back in Friday practice with Lewis Hamilton topping the timesheets ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas in the second session.  The Mercedes pair were crushed by Max Verstappen last time out at the same venue, with many expecting it to be a similar story in the Styrian hills this weekend.  Pirelli has gone one step softer this weekend in terms of its allocation so it’s no surprise the times in FP2 were significantly faster than they were at the same stage as last weekend. However, Mercedes has made the biggest step relative to a week ago - 1.273s of...
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