Mercedes becomes only the fourth team to put a rookie in for FP1 this year, following Red Bull which also joined Williams in running a young driver in Spain when Juri Vips drove for the team. Technically Alfa Romeo also managed to tick the box when Zhou Guanyu took part in his first FP1 in Bahrain, but that means Valtteri Bottas still has to …
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