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Wolff: Struggles were not down to lack of a shakedown
Toto Wolff has hit back at the suggestion that Mercedes struggled during Formula 1 pre-season testing because the team did not conduct a shakedown for the W12 E Performance. Mercedes were the only team not to shakedown their new car ahead of testing in Bahrain and they got off to a poor start, limited to just six laps on the opening morning due to a transmission issue. The reigning world champions finished testing with the fewest number of laps of any team, 306 in total, while Lewis Hamilton spun twice as he tried to get to grips with the new car. Valtteri Bottas too looked uncomfortable with the balance of the W12 at times and the team's headline times where unimpressive in general, as...
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