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Istanbul FP1: Verstappen leads amid chills and spills

Making its long-awaited return to Istanbul Circuit, the Formula 1 grid found it particularly heavy-sledding in first practice for the Turkish Grand Prix on Friday. With ambient and track temperatures well below the spring and summer marks enjoyed in previous visits to Turkey, grip was at a premium as many drivers found themselves essentially tiptoeing around a track that even at the best of times can catch them out, leading to lap times that were well below expectation. Case-in-point, while the speed of the 2020-spec cars is such that the expectation is they will reach the 1:18s this weekend, the fastest time of any driver was Max Verstappen's 1:35.077 – a full 10 seconds down on the...
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