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Bottas poised for five-place grid penalty
Valtteri Bottas is set to line up from at least P15 on the grid as his crashed W09 requires a new gearbox. Bottas created a red-flagged Q3 session in Australia after being too aggressive going into the first corner and losing the rear at Turn 2 as a result. The Finn made a big impact with the wall and left his car in need of a big repair job ahead of Sunday's race. He was unable to set a timed lap in Q3, so is set to fall from P10. And Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirmed a grid penalty for Bottas is on the way. 'We were lucky because it was a big shunt,' said Wolff. 'The chassis is ok, the gearbox not. Five [places penalty].' Bottas owned up to his error, saying a damp track caught him out....
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