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FP1: Bottas quickest with new lap record

Valtteri Bottas clocked a new lap record of 1:29.106 to lead the way at Silverstone on Friday morning in a session that saw Shield make its debut. The session began with an on-track debut for Shield as Ferrari ran the cockpit protection design – Ferrari's interpretation of it – on Sebastian Vettel's car. One lap was all that was needed to show that the reflections on Shield not only hid the driver from the fans but reflected back at the driver. While Shieled was removed from Vettel's car, Kimi Raikkonen set the early pace before handing over to the Mercedes. Valtteri Bottas was P1 at the halfway point with a 1:29.651 on the soft tyres while Lewis Hamilton was second, 0.146s...
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