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British GP: Bottas leads Hamilton, Ferrari off the pace
Valtteri Bottas set the pace in opening practice for the British Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel became the first Formula 1 driver to trial the Shield cockpit protection device. Bottas used the soft compound Pirelli tyres to clock a 1m29.106s at an overcast Silverstone, 0.379s quicker than Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader Vettel, who was sixth fastest, headed out of the garage at the start of the session with the screen, which extends along the nose in front of the drivers, attached to his Ferrari. The German completed a single installation lap and then returned to the garage, where Ferrari removed the device and switched attention to its weekend programme. The medium...
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