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Morning After: Mercedes’ reliability issues… an issue?
< > Another race, another stroke of misfortune for a Mercedes driver. Two weeks in a row, they’ve seen a driver top FP2 only to be forced to take a 5-place grid penalty for changing their gearbox. First it was Lewis Hamilton, this time it was the Valtteri Bottas who felt the pain. If there’s a silver lining, it’s that taking it here instead of next race in Hungary means he’ll be disadvantaged on a track where passing is much more feasible, but for a man that seems to have hit his straps of late, this certainly has to sting. It also makes you wonder if, just like last year, Mercedes’ reliability issues could play a significant role in the title fight. Bottas made himself a...
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