As pre-season testing finally gets underway, gearshift problem for Mercedes leaves Valtteri Bottas with just 6 laps to his credit. Veteran Kimi Raikkonen had the honour of being first on track this morning, though Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo were hard on his heels. With the air temperature a balmy 30 degrees C, and the track standing at 36 degrees, the only worry was the wind which was clearly picking up. As one would expect on the first day of the test, which was preceded by Haas unveiling its new car and all the drivers gathering on the grid with their cars for the now customary photo-op, aero rakes and flo-vis were very much the order of the day, with AlphaTauri appearing to...
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