Lewis Hamilton set the pace as Mercedes impressed in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.029 seconds quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas, the Mercedes a second clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fifth, just 0.250secs behind Raikkonen. McLaren-Honda's dismal season of unreliability continued, with Fernando Alonso sent into a spin by a major engine failure on his first lap out of the pits. Alonso spun to a halt in a cloud of smoke with oil pouring from underneath the engine after it failed coming out of Turn Two on his first lap. The Spaniard then left the track to go back to his hotel. Honda blamed...
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