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Bottas: 'It was great to be back in the car again'

Valtteri Bottas came back into action today for the first time in a long time, this time at Silverstone in preparation for the coming season. Here he stepped into the older Mercedes W09, as it's not allowed to drive the newest car until the season starts. Nevertheless, the team has learned a lot, also because of new coronavirus protocols. Useful day In order to prevent any chance of corona spreading or contamination, all kinds of measures will apply in and around the paddock. This will result in different working conditions and Mercedes was keen to try out how this works in practice. So far so good noises about social distancing, wearing mouth caps and more. Read more No new engine...
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