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Bottas rues 'messy' first lap that undermined entire race
Valtteri Bottas cast a downbeat figure after finishing a lowly P8 in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, a result largely determined by a "messy" opening lap by the Mercedes driver. Bottas enjoyed a reasonably good start from the front row of the grid but then locked up into the first corner. The Finn dueled with teammate Lewis Hamilton into Turn 2, enduring a light contact with the Brit before falling into the clutches of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, from whom Bottas also got a knock that damaged his front wing. It was a ragged first lap for the Mercedes driver, capped by a pit stop and a front wing change that only set him back further. "It was tough, not what I expected, far...
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