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Bottas a doubt for race due to back pain
Getty Images Enlarge Valtteri Bottas is a doubt for the Australian Grand Prix after suffering back pain during qualifying and being taken to hospital for further checks on Saturday evening. Bottas felt pain in his back while braking during the second session of qualifying and it is not yet clear how serious the issue is. The team will make a call on his fitness ahead of the race on Sunday, but the injury could see him and the No.77 Williams miss the race. "He felt some pain under braking at the end of his second attempt in qualifying two," head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley said. "Then it kind of escalated from there through the third qualifying. At the minute he has...
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