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Mercedes set-up switches backfire for Bottas
Valtteri Bottas says bold set-up changes from Friday practice failed to produce key performance gains from his Mercedes as he remained off the pace of teammate Lewis Hamilton and both Ferrari drivers for an underwhelming fourth place in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Bottas conceded he had been struggling with cornering and balance with his Mercedes during Friday’s practice session at the high speed Monza track and switches for FP3 and qualifying resolved the issues but at the expense of less stability under braking. 5774263478001 CrashTV: As a result, Bottas felt he ‘didn’t have any clean laps’ in FP3 before wrecking his opening run in Q3 with a lock-up into the...
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