Lewis Hamilton fired his hopes up for the title bid, even if just a little bit, after posting the fastest time in the first practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday. The defending champion was a significant 0.374 second quicker than championship leader and Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg around the Yas Marina circuit. A race win alone on Sunday won't cut it for Hamilton as he would need at least two cars between himself and Rosberg to overcome the 12-point deficit with the Red Bull duo seemingly the only ones that could offer that prospect to the Briton, even if it's an outside chance. Max Verstappen was promisingly only 0.054 seconds adrift of Rosberg while Daniel...
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