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One lap tyre pace crucial - Bottas

Williams Martini Racing Valtteri Bottas says that getting tyres into their operating window over one lap will be challenging, with tyre preservation not being an issue during practice. Bottas missed some of the first session due to a tyre blanket malfunctioning and ended the day in fifth place. "I’m positively surprised by the track as it’s more challenging than I expected with quite a few technical sections, especially the final sector and I found it enjoyable to drive," he said. "The asphalt is quite smooth and combined with the hard compounds we saw little tyre degradation today, but this has corresponding challenges as it makes it harder to get the tyres to work on...
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