Published 09:27 IST, February 20th 2020

 Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas clocked the two fastest times to start Formula One's preseason testing on Wednesday. Hamilton set the opening session’s top lap time of 1 minute, 16.976 seconds, after he took over from Bottas behind the wheel of the new Silver Arrow for the 2020 season. Bottas’ best effort came in 0.337 seconds slower