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Japanese GP: Bottas tops FP3 despite causing red flag

Valtteri Bottas edged out Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to set the pace in final practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, but crashed to end his session early.  The Finn clocked a 1m29.055s on soft tyres to finish 0.014s clear of Hamilton, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel three tenths off the pace, on supersofts in third.  It was frustrating session for both Mercedes and Ferrari, with Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen crashing and Vettel the only four of the quartet to get a representative lap on supersofts.  The threat of rain failed to materialise at Suzuka, allowing the field to head out on the slicks from the off and set about making up for lost running in the rain-hit second practice. ...
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