Qatar Grand Prix – Red Bull's Max Verstappen has laid down the marker to go fastest in opening practice for the first ever Qatar Grand Prix. The Dutchman set a time of 1:23.723 which was nearly half a second faster than second placed man Pierre Gasly for sister team AlphaTauri. Valtteri Bottas set the third fastest time not far back in his Mercedes, with teammate Lewis Hamilton in fourth place. Click here to view the full results from Free Practice One In a rather steady opening practice of the weekend, drivers spent much of the session getting to grips with the new circuit as Formula 1 has never raced in Qatar previously. It was only until the second half of the session that the lap...
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