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Loose seatbelt and graining costs Bottas
Valtteri Bottas had to settle for tenth place in the Brazilian Grand Prix, losing time with a loose seatbelt and also suffering with high tyre wear. Bottas began the race from the second row of the grid and ran fourth early on behind team-mate and eventual third place finisher, Felipe Massa. However, he soon began to struggle with graining after his first stop, before a long second stop dropped him further back as a mechanic had to tighten his lap belt. He then had more graining after that and a long final stint left him nursing his car to the chequered flag. “It was not really my day – a lot of things went wrong. The first stint was not too bad. There was no problem and everything...
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