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Williams concerned following Bottas’ seatbelt issues in Singapore
Williams Martini Racing will look into the reasons why the seatbelts on Valtteri Bottas’ car came undone during the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, but they admitted it was a worry that it happened at all. Bottas was forced to pit around half distance at the Marina Bay Street Circuit to get his belts tightened up, which ultimately caused his retirement as the length of time he sat in the pits put too much torque on his gearbox, in particular first gear and had it failed could have done more damage to the whole gearbox. “His seatbelt came undone,” said Rob Smedley, Williams’ Head of Performance Engineering on motorsport.com. “He told us on whatever lap it was, so we pitted...
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