Spanish Grand Prix – Valtteri Bottas led his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in an incident-filled first free practice session in Barcelona. Bottas put in a 1:18.695 to lead championship leader Hamilton by three tenths in the early stages of the session. The Finn had a spin at Turn 10 trying to find more time after locking up into the hairpin corner. He improved to a 1:18.441 before eventually setting a 1:18.148 on his final run to go 0.849 seconds clear of Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel for third fastest for Ferrari, 0.950 seconds off the pace. He also had an off early in the session, losing the back end of the car at the Turn 13 right-hander. Several drivers had offs as a lack of grip...
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