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Wolff: Drained battery compromised Hamilton's lap massively
Lewis Hamilton’s Spanish Grand Prix qualifying was affected by a battery problem, Mercedes principal Toto Wolff said on Saturday after the reigning champion lost out to teammate Valtteri Bottas in the battle for pole position. Championship leader Bottas beat the Briton, who had been on pole at the Circuit de Catalunya for the past three seasons, by a hefty 0.634 seconds. “In Q2 (the second phase of the session) on the second lap, there was a yellow (flag) and he aborted the lap and pitted,” explained the Austrian. “Normally you need the cool down lap to recharge the battery, that’s why he ended up in the garage with a battery that wasn’t full.” Wolff said Hamilton was then...
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