Mercedes tops practice as tyre wear looms for Spanish GP at Madring
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Mercedes led Friday practice at Madring amid high track temperatures and front-left tyre wear, with Russell and Antonelli trading fastest times and degradation implying possible multi-stop strategies for the Spanish GP; Verstappen battled power-steering issues, Norris suffered gearbox trouble, and teams will use FP2 data to refine setups ahead of FP3 and qualifying.
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