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Lewis Hamilton praises 'fantastically fast' Mercedes in Austria

Lewis Hamilton hailed a “fantastically fast” Mercedes W08 as he led the way during both Friday practice sessions for the Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton, who triumphed at the venue 12 months ago, clocked the quickest time in the opening session and improved in the afternoon, registering a lap of 1:05.483 on the Ultrasoft tyres. It left Hamilton 0.147s clear of title rival Sebastian Vettel as he bids to close the deficit to the Ferrari driver in the championship. “It's been a really good Friday with no major headaches to complain about so far,” said Hamilton. “We had to swap out a spark plug during FP2, but the guys did a great job to turn the car around and...
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