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Chinese GP: Rosberg tops stoppage-affected FP1

Nico Rosberg was fastest in first practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, while a spate of tyre failures saw almost the entire final third of the session red-flagged. Rosberg had been second fastest, just over two-tenths slower than team-mate Lewis Hamilton, before a 25-minute red flag period at the tail-end of the session. But when the green flag kickstarted a seven-minute Happy Hour right at the end, which saw both Mercedes drivers head out on the soft-compound tyre, it was the German who made the best of it, improving to a 1m38.037s to grab P1. Hamilton, meanwhile, also improved on his final run – but not by enough. His 1m38.183s left him just short of Rosberg, but still nearly half a...
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