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Shovlin: We weren't believing the sensors on Bottas' car
Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has admitted his team was slow to recognise the cause of the damage to Valtteri Bottas' car in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. An incident that cost pole-sitter Bottas a likely victory, the Finn ran-over a large chunk of a front-wing endplate from Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari on lap two, causing significant damage to his Mercedes' bodywork. And while the Finn was able to hold-off Red Bull's Max Verstappen for second on an afternoon that saw the team crowned Formula 1 constructor's champions for a seventh-straight time, Shovlin suggests he had a significant handicap in doing so. “We were seeing a big drop in performance but the issue is...
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