Friday practice belonged to Max Verstappen and Red Bull in Turkey as the Dutchman topped both sessions at Istanbul Park. On a track which finally showed some signs of being rubbered in, Verstappen topped the session with a 1:28.330. Charles Leclerc was four tenths behind in P2, while Mercedes pair Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finished P3 and P4 respectively. A combination of a wet track, a new surface, hard tyres and low temperatures made for a very tricky and unrepresentative first practice session on Friday morning. The drivers re-emerged on Friday afternoon hopeful of getting a better feel for this much-loved race track but there was still some very twitchy feet on the throttle in...
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