Ferrari set the pace on the first morning of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona, with Sebastian Vettel outpacing new Mercedes recruit Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari and Mercedes were the first teams to get down to regular work on the opening morning of pre-season testing, with Vettel and Bottas trading places at the top of the order on short medium-tyre runs early on. Bottas then moved ahead with quick laps at the start of two long runs on soft tyres, but Vettel became the first driver to go into the 1m22s shortly after midday with a 1m22.791s as Ferrari stuck to mediums for its running. Vettel's best lap on medium tyres nearly matched the fastest lap from 2016 testing, a 1m22.765, set on...
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