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Bottas blasts drain cover damage as 'unacceptable'
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Valtteri Bottas labelled the drain cover incident which hampered his running on Saturday as "unacceptable" after his car was damaged. The Williams driver was returning to the pits at the end of his installation lap in FP3 when he ran over a loose drain cover and sustained damage which ruled him out of the session. Bottas said his qualifying was compromised as a result and was left concerned the incident could have been even worse. "A drain cover came off as I entered the pit lane after just one lap and ripped through the right hand side of my car," Bottas said. "That was game over for me, so I could only drive again in qualifying. What...
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