Valtteri Bottas closed out practice for the Chinese Grand Prix at the head of the timesheets after edging out Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel in FP3 on Saturday morning. After leading FP2 on Friday for Mercedes, Bottas was able to continue his good form at the Shanghai International Circuit by setting the fastest time of the race weekend so far, dipping under the 1m33s barrier. Bottas' best lap of 1m32.830s saw him finish three-tenths of a second clear of Vettel, who set his time earlier in the session on the Soft compound tyre before failing to make an improvement late on. Vettel ran wide at the final corner on a hot lap that was poised to comfortably beat his previous benchmark, but the...
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