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And finally, for the best and worst of the rest, including some of you querying Massa's "comeback" status.
Schumacher was fastest in qualifying for the Monaco GP in 2012, but a grid penalty meant he didn't get to lead the field away. © LAT

Schumacher was fastest in qualifying for the Monaco GP in 2012, but a grid penalty meant he didn't get to lead the field away. © LAT

F1 Legend Michael Schumacher may not have won on his comeback for F1, but his stripped pole position in Monaco 2012 and podium at the 2012 European Grand Prix has had some of you name him as one your favourite comebacks.
Lauda slides the McLaren that took him to the '84 title. © LAT

Lauda slides the McLaren that took him to the '84 title. © LAT

And on that note, that moves us nicely onto another favourite champion, "The Professor", Alain Prost. The Frenchman retired at end of 1991 after falling out with Ferrari (and basically getting sacked), and came back to win the title in dominant fashion in 1993 with Williams.
And now...another world champion. This time, a driver who managed something Raikkonen and Mansell didn't - winning the title after his comeback. Niki Lauda, who walked away from Brabham and F1 before the end of the 1979 season, returned with McLaren for 1982 and beat Alain Prost to the title by half a point in '84.
Mansell climbs aboard the 1994 Williams FW16. © LAT

Mansell climbs aboard the 1994 Williams FW16. © LAT

From one world champion to another...next on our list (well, your list) is Nigel Mansell. After leaving F1 as world champion at the end of 1992, he won the Indycar title in '93 and a year later filled in four times at Williams following the death of Ayrton Senna. He finished the year on a high - winning the Adelaide season finale before making a disastrous switch to McLaren for 1995.

'Flying Finn', Kimi Raikkonen is a solid choice amongst many of you. After winning the world championship in 2007, the Iceman retired in 2009 to pursue a career in rallying. He re-joined the F1 paddock with Lotus in 2012, where he finished third in the championship with seven podiums and that infamous "don't talk to me, I know what I'm doing" victory in Abu Dhabi.
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We asked you earlier, what your favourite Formula 1 comebacks were and you didn't disappoint with your responses with some clear favourites amongst you, keep them coming in with #f1lunchbreak
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Here's our report on the morning running:

F1 testing: Bottas puts Mercedes back on top in second test

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time of 2017 Formula 1 testing so far, to lead the way on the second morning of the second test

F1 testing: Bottas puts Mercedes back on top in second test
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Final lap count for the morning session:

1 Bottas (70)
2 Massa (63)
3 Raikkonen (39)
4 Verstappen (34)
5 Hulkenberg (61)
6 Perez (49)
7 Sainz (46)
8 Grosjean (54)
9 Wehrlein (59)
10 Alonso (27)

By: Geoff Creighton

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