Mercedes enjoy ‘best Friday so far’ Mercedes started off on the front foot in Spain with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton each taking turns at the top of the timesheets on Friday at the Barcelona circuit.  Bottas led the way from Max Verstappen in FP1 before Hamilton edged out the Finn by just over a tenth in FP2 to lead a 1-2 for Mercedes. Meanwhile, Red Bull had a difficult afternoon with neither Verstappen or Sergio Perez able to set a representative lap time in second practice.  Mercedes looked strong on both single lap and long run pace on Friday, holding the advantage over Red Bull. That led team boss Toto Wolff to label the day as the reigning world champion’s best start...
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