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  "id": 9536291,
  "title": "George Russell tops Azerbaijan FP1 as Kimi Antonelli suffers Mercedes trouble",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/george-russell-tops-azerbaijan-fp1-as-kimi-antonelli-suffers-mercedes",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T09:36:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/azerbaijan-gp-fp1-report/10858449/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mercedes driver George Russell led Max Verstappen in the first free practice at F1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli hit trouble. Russell's 1m45.387s lap, set with 20 minutes to go in the one-hour session, was comfortably enough to hold off the competition as his Mercedes team-mate disappeared from the session early, with Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc rounding out the ...…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "George Russell forced to \"rewire his brain\" amid Kimi Antonelli struggles, says David Coulthard",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/george-russell-forced-to-rewire-his-brain-amid-kimi-antonelli",
        "published": "2026-09-23T15:18:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Russell fastest in Baku as Antonelli stops on track",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/russell-fastest-in-baku-as-antonelli-stops-on-track",
        "published": "2026-09-24T09:44:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}