Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton to the quickest time in opening practice session for the Mexican Grand Prix. Bottas clocked a 1m17.824s on the ultrasofts to finish 0.466s clear of Hamilton, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen a further tenth adrift in third. Bottas set the early pace on the supersofts, clocking a 1m19.614s, only to be deposed by Verstappen on the softs by half a tenth. Hamilton moved to the top of the timesheet briefly before Sebastian Vettel became the first driver to dip into the 1m18s with a 1m18.824s on the supersofts. Mercedes then turned its attention to the ultrasofts, with Bottas going quickest with a 1m17.824s and following that up with a...
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