Valtteri Bottas has gone fastest for Mercedes in the opening session of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona. Valtteri Bottas has gone quickest in the first session at pre-season testing in Barcelona. The Finn put in a clockwork opening morning for Mercedes as he popped in a quickest time of 1:17.709 on the Medium compound tyre to pip the Racing Point of Sergio Perez. Bottas did 79 laps in the morning, and will hand over to Lewis Hamilton in the afternoon. The new look RP20, which bears more than a passing resemblance to last year's Mercedes W10, was just 0.062 off the pace shown by Bottas, with Perez doing 58 laps. Max Verstappen was P3 for Red Bull Racing with 91 laps...
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