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Mercedes to evaulate Bottas’ power unit at Portimao
Mercedes is hopeful that the technical problems that forced Valtteri Bottas to retire from the race action at the Eifel Grand Prix could be fixed and will not require the introduction of a new power unit. Starting from the pole position at the Nürburgring, Valtteri Bottas lost the lead after outbraking himself into Turn 1 which gave a perfect opportunity to his teammate Lewis Hamilton to take over the lead. Things then got even worse for the 9-time race winner following his pit stop when his power unit started to develop technical issues. The Finn reported a loss of power on Lap 18 of 60 at the Eifel Grand Prix, and Mercedes was quick to ask Bottas to retire his car to try andy preserve...
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