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Raikkonen turns fire marshal as Bottas ends final Friday on top

Kimi Raikkonen turned marshal during the final Friday practice session of an intense Formula 1 season after his Alfa Romeo caught fire. With 18 minutes remaining of FP2 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Ferrari power unit burst into flames, leading to the Finn pulling over off track. Article continues under video As the fire caught, and a marshal came to his aid, Raikkonen took over the handling of the extinguisher, steering the nozzle into the key areas to ensure it did not reignite. The fire caused a 12-minute delay to the session that was spearheaded by Valtteri Bottas ahead of returning team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Neither driver managed to set a time in qualifying set-up on the soft...
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