Valtteri Bottas made it a clean sweep earlier, the Finn topping the timesheets in all three practice seconds. However, the hot breath the Mercedes driver could feel down the back of his neck wasn't from his teammate, but Max Verstappen who was just 0.017s behind. Strong on the mediums and the softs, the Dutchman looks set to take the fight all the way to the Black Arrows this afternoon and tomorrow. Naturally, we're not writing-off Lewis Hamilton, who was only 0.083s off Bottas' pace, we're simply making clear that Master Max is very, very much in the mix. Behind these three it's pretty much up for grabs, with Racing Point and AlphaTauri looking strong, while Renault and McLaren have yet...
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