Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton shrugged off the track time he's lost to the weather this week, and stamped his authority on the first four-day pre-season test by punching in the fastest time of the week. His lap of 1:19.333s on medium tyres was set with 75 minutes remaining at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, despite dropping temperatures. Valtteri Bottas had been in charge of the W09 in the morning. The Finn had topped the timing screens midway through the day as one of the first runners to set a time on slick tyres after a damp, foggy start to the day. However there was bad news for Red Bull. Max Verstappen completed only 18 laps in the morning as he waited for the track to dry. Once it...
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