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Valtteri Bottas: F1 2018 misfortune 'feels like a bad joke'
Valtteri Bottas says the misfortune he has encountered in Formula 1 this season resembles a “bad joke” after he was forced out of the Austrian Grand Prix. Bottas took pole position in Austria but relinquished the lead during a frantic start as he slipped to fourth, before regaining some ground to quickly re-take second, behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton. But Bottas’ chance of a strong haul of points disappeared when his W09 suffered from a loss of hydraulic pressure on lap 14 of 71, forcing him out of the race. The early exit relegated Bottas to sixth in the standings. It marks the latest in a series of setbacks in a difficult campaign in which Bottas’ pace has not...
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