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Double DNF disaster 'disappoints' Williams

Williams suffered a United States Grand Prix to forget after a double retirement due to separate rear suspension failures which head of performance engineering Rob Smedley is keen to rectify next weekend in Mexico. The race in Austin got off to the worst possible start with both Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa involved in first corner collisions, with the Finnish driver needing to pit due to front wing damage. Bottas' gamble to switch to dry tyres during his early stoppage backfired badly as he was forced to return to the pits to change back to intermediates, but it was all in vain as he suffered damper failure shortly after to rule him out of the running. It quickly became double...
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