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Mercedes heats up at cooler Silverstone FP3

Valtteri Bottas heads into qualifying with the fastest practice time of the weekend on a substantially cooler day at the British Grand Prix. The heat the suffocated the Silverstone Circuit dissipated overnight, with the air some 25 degrees F cooler on Saturday than it was on Friday, creating conditions far more amendable to the Mercedes car stretching its legs. Bottas and teammate Lewis Hamilton were able to engage in an exclusive battle for the top of the time sheet in the friendlier weather. The pair traded fastest times on the soft tire, the red rubber enduring far better in had on Friday, with the Finn eventually prevailing over the Briton by 0.2s. However, Hamilton likely would’ve...
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