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Bottas stays ahead in FP3 as big Albon crash ends session

After Ferrari and Mercedes split honours on Friday, Valtteri Bottas settled the free practice match today in favour of the Silver Arrows squad. Bottas put a set of soft tyres to good use in the closing stages of FP3 to overhaul Sebastian Vettel by 0.392s in the closing stages of a session which ended prematurely after Toro Rosso's Alex Albon crashed heavily at the final corner. Shanghai Free Practice 3 - Results Track activity was scarce in the first quarter of the session but after a series of opening salvos from a few enthusiastic mid-field runners, Charles Leclerc and then Sebastian Vettel took control, with both red cars fitted with Pirelli's soft compound at the outset. In the...
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