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Bottas sets pace as McLaren hit trouble
Valtteri Bottas set the pace in the opening day of the season ending Abu Dhabi test while McLaren's Honda powered development car completed just three laps.
The Williams driver dominated the session initially topping the times following an early run on super soft tyres before going even quicker in the closing stages.
The Finn’s 1.43.396s effort proved to be almost half a second quicker than Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who was watched by new team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the squad's garage.
However, it was McLaren who grabbed the headlines as a number of issues restricted reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne to just three laps behind the wheel of the squad’s Honda powered development car....
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