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‘We Are Sandbagging’: Valtteri Bottas On Mercedes’ Testing Woes

Pre-season testing did not go well for the Mercedes F1 Team, with Valtteri Bottas missing most of the Friday morning session due to a gearbox issue and Sir Lewis Hamilton then struggling for pace in the afternoon. READ: ‘Ferrari Still Think Vettel Drives For Them’: F1 Fans Notice Something Unusual At Testing Things continued to go badly on Saturday, as Hamilton had a spin in the morning session and beached his Mercedes W12 in the gravel.   And in today’s morning session, Bottas struggled with the W12 and managed a fastest lap time only good enough for seventh on the time sheet, though he at least managed to complete 80 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit. The Finn...
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