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Birthday boy Bottas edges Belgian FP1; double disaster for Haas

Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were separated by just eight-hundredths of a second at the end of an intriguing first practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix. For the third successive FP1, Bottas led the way, but in trailing Mercedes team-mate Hamilton by 43 points in the drivers' standings, the Finn knows he needs to translate that into a desperately needed victory at Spa to retain any hope of maintaining a title challenge. Article continues under video Regardless, it was a nice birthday tonic for Bottas to help celebrate his 31st, edging Hamilton by 0.069secs following a lap of one minute 44.493s. As for Red Bull's Verstappen, on a run of five successive podiums...
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