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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has gone fastest in the first practice session at Imola, ahead of Sunday's Emilia Romagna GP.

Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, after snatching top spot away from his teammate with less than three minutes remaining.

Bottas set a 1:16.564 to finish just 0.041 ahead of Hamilton, with Max Verstappen finishing in third for Red Bull Racing.

#	Driver	Team	Time	Tyre
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#	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen Red Bull	331
2	Lando Norris McLaren	279
3	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	245
4	Oscar Piastri McLaren	237
5	Carlos Sainz Ferrari	190
6	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	174

#	Team	Points
1	McLaren Norris & Piastri	516
2	Red Bull Verstappen & Pérez	475
3	Ferrari Sainz & Leclerc	441
4	Mercedes Hamilton & Russell	329
5	Aston Martin Alonso & Stroll	86
6	VCARB Tsunoda & Lawson	34

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