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Bottas doubts DAS would have tackled tyre troubles

Valtteri Bottas said his issues with tyre warming at Imola were limited to the rears, and so DAS would have had little impact. Mercedes came up with the Dual-Axis Steering (DAS) system in 2020 as a way of generating heat for the tyres with the drivers able to adjust the toe of the front wheels. DAS was banned though for 2021, and it seemed like Bottas was missing the invention at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Mercedes put his poor showing in qualifying and the race down to tyre temperature struggles. The Finn qualified P8 before playing his part in a race-ending collision with George Russell as the pair battled just inside the top 10. But, since Bottas said it was the rear tyres that...
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