Nikita Mazepin clocked the fastest time for Mercedes as Formula 1 in-season testing concluded at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday. As in Bahrain, Formula 1 stayed on in Spain for two days of post-race running, with the circuit open for action on Tuesday and Wednesday. Following on from Valtteri Bottas’ headline-grabbing effort on Tuesday, Mazepin recovered from a pre-lunch off into the Turn 12 gravel to post a time of 1:15.775. That left him just under four-tenths down on Bottas’ pole time from last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The 2018 GP3 Series runner-up and one-time Force India tester does not have a direct connection with Mercedes but is carrying out...
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