Mercedes concluded the first day of practice for the Chinese Grand Prix at the top of the timesheet, with Valtteri Bottas clocking in with the fastest lap in FP2. The Finn's 1m33.330s lap left Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel 0.027s adrift, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen third. Lewis Hamilton ended his afternoon of running P4, while Renault's Nico Hulkenberg was 'best of the rest' in fifth place. Shanghai Free Practice 2 - Results Mercedes' drivers put themselves in charge of the afternoon's operations at the outset, although Hamilton and Bottas were both caught out early on by their cold tyres, fortunately with no consequences. Ferrari appeared to up the pace when the field switched from longer...
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