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Bottas: No fundamental flaw with Mercedes F1 car
Valtteri Bottas is confident that Mercedes' problems with its Formula 1 car are mostly set-up-related, and that there is not a fundamental flaw with the design of the W08. After three consecutive F1 title doubles, Mercedes has been edged out by Ferrari so far this year after struggling to fully get on top of tyres at some tracks. The problem was especially severe in Monaco, when Lewis Hamilton failed to make it out of Q1 and Bottas was knocked off the podium in the race. With Mercedes running new suspension and mechanical updates in Canada this weekend, Bottas reckoned the answer to its situation would come from finding the right way to operate its car – rather than there being the need...
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