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Mercedes duo share Suzuka practice honours, as FP2 becomes crash-fest

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton topped the free practice sessions in Japan as the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS team looked untouchable on Friday. Rosberg topped the morning’s opening salvo, while Hamilton took over in free practice two that turned into a crash-fest after Kamui Kobayashi, Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Gutierrez all ended their sessions in the Suzuka barriers. In an unremarkable FP1, Rosberg set a best time of 1:35.461s to beat his team-mate by 0.151s, while Fernando Alonso was the only driver to get within a second of the Mercedes, putting his Ferrari third albeit 0.576s adrift of the sessions fastest time. Valtteri Bottas was fourth fastest for the Williams Martini Racing team...
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