Italian Grand Prix – Mercedes Lewis Hamilton has laid down the marker by going fastest of Friday's only practice session ahead of the Italian GP. The Briton set a time of 1:20.926 which was 0.4s faster than second place man Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas set the third fastest time in the other Mercedes. As the second of three race weekends this season which includes a Saturday sprint for pole, drivers had only one hour to get dialled into the circuit before Friday qualifying. Naturally, short runs were the order of the afternoon as drivers fit the soft and medium tyres to run qualifying simulations. In the first half of the session it was McLaren's...
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