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Smedley: Bottas saw Button too late
Rob Smedley has all but put the onus on Valtteri Bottas for his pitlane clash with Jenson Button in Abu Dhabi. Chasing fourth place in the Drivers' Championship on Sunday, Bottas' race was undone as he was released from his Williams pitbox moments before Button entered his. As the McLaren driver turned in he was clipped by Bottas with the end result being a broken front wing for the Finn and a race spent lapping near the back of the field. However Williams's head of performance engineering Smedley says the pit crew released Bottas at the 'right point', he just didn't see Button. 'We'll have to analyse it and understand exactly what happened,' he told Autosport. 'We released him at the...
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