Hamilton top in testing as Vettel calls off sick


Formula One F1 - Pre Season Testing - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - February 19, 2020 Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel speaks to Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton alongside Ferrari's Charles Leclerc before testing REUTERS/Albert Gea

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Six-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton lapped fastest as Mercedes dominated the first day of pre-season testing in Spain on Wednesday while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel called off sick.

Hamilton did 94 laps of Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on the soft C2 compound in a sunny afternoon session, running untroubled after team mate Valtteri Bottas completed 79 laps in the morning.

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