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P1: Raikkonen ahead of Bottas

Kimi Raikkonen set the pace from Valtteri Bottas in Practice One for the Russian GP as F1's under-pressure Finns outpaced their respective championship-leading team-mates. The prospect of team orders being deployed in the tight Ferrari-Mercedes title fight had proved the major paddock talking point on Thursday, so the sight of Ferrari's Raikkonen and Mercedes' Bottas at the head of the P1 timesheet served as early boosts for the Finnish drivers' chances of strong weekends in Sochi. Raikkonen's 1:36.074 time was less than a tenth quicker than Bottas, but 0.6s faster than third-placed Lewis Hamilton, as Ferrari claimed first Sochi bragging rights. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel was only...
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