Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton has set the pace after the opening day's running at the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. The world championship leader headed a dominant performance from Mercedes which saw he and team-mate Valtteri Bottas first and second across both 90-minute practice sessions. Quick on soft rubber, Hamilton then hit home his pace advantage during his qualifying simulation late in Practice 2 to set a 1:28.217s. It proved to be almost half a second faster than anyone else, including Bottas, who could manage no better than 1:28.678s. Third fastest was Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), though almost a second adrift of the two Mercedes, followed by Max Verstappen (Red Bull),...
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