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Hamilton: Surprising because this is my weakest circuit

Formula 1 world championship leader Lewis Hamilton surprised himself when he powered around Sochi Autodrom faster than anyone on day one of the Russian Grand Prix weekend, the Briton fastest of all ahead of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in FP2. Hamilton's best lap of 1:33.385 in the afternoon session compares to last year's pole-winning time of 1:33.194. On Friday in Sochi, he was a couple of tenths faster than Bottas and over half a second up on title rival Sebastian Vettel, the Ferrari driver topped the timing screens at the end of FP1 in the morning.. Speaking to reporters afterwards, Hamilton said, 'It was a good Friday. It has been a really good day, the weather has been...
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