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Mercedes have 'taken measures' to help Bottas avoid bad starts
Valtteri Bottas worked with Mercedes before Monaco to get to the bottom of his costly slow launch off the line at the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas was sitting on pole in Barcelona but was overhauled by team mate and future winner Lewis Hamilton when the lights went out at the start. After the race, the Finn later that a clutch anomaly on his W10 had caused his poor launch while Mercedes sporting director Ron Meadows pointed to a lack of grip as a possible reason for the sluggish start. Spain wasn't the first time the Finn lost the benefit of his pole position on the run down to the first corner, having also endured a tardy start in China. Watson slams 'pathetic' Hamilton for media conference...
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