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Ricciardo tops opening pre-season session as Mercedes falter

Daniel Ricciardo topped the opening session of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain for McLaren as Mercedes lost three hours of running through a gearshift problem. Ricciardo set his session topping time of one minute 32.203 seconds before the halfway mark of the opening session of pre-season testing but the success of the Australian was overshadowed by the problems of Mercedes and Haas. Article continues under video When the lights went green, all 10 teams took to the track eager to make the most of the limited three-days of running. Each driver completed an installation lap but as the other nine teams returned to the track, Mercedes was conspicuous by its absence. It quickly emerged...
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