Lewis Hamilton tops practice but gets grid penalty for engine change

Lewis Hamilton. Pic/AFP

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton was fastest in both of Friday's practice sessions for the Turkish Grand Prix, but has to take a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's race having had the engine replaced on his Mercedes.

Championship leader Hamilton was quickest in the second practice with a time of 1min 23.804sec ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

Valtteri Bottas in the other Mercedes was third, followed by Red Bull pair Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, the Dutchman who trails Hamilton by just two points
in the title race. Verstappen was more than half a second behind Hamilton who avoided a full grid penalty as the entire power unit was not changed.

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