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An eventful and wet start for Ferrari at Sochi

Sebastian Vettel: "Usually, you use the Friday to lay some rubber down, but that was not possible today." The fifteenth round of the Formula 1 World Championship, the second ever Russian Grand Prix, got off to a shaky start this morning. The first free practice session had to be shortened to 60 minutes because a diesel spillage from a service vehicle had to be cleaned off the track, between turns 9 and 13. Quickest in the short time available was the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg (1.44.355,) ahead of the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg (1.44.407.) Rounding off the top three was Sebastian Vettel who took his SF15-T round in 1.44.986, while in the sister car, Kimi Raikkonen was tenth in...
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