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Bottas: Williams lost "a lot of points" through tyre struggles
Valtteri Bottas has no doubts that Williams’ lack of tyre expertise this year has cost the Grove-based team valuable points in Formula 1 this season. Williams is locked in a tight fight with Force India for fourth in the constructors’ championship, with just one point separating the two outfits with six races remaining. But in a bid to help its chances of securing the top four spot, Williams recruited former Ferrari man Antonio Spagnolo ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix to help boost its tyre knowledge – which had been lacking after it lost a key engineer to a rival earlier in the season. Bottas said it had become obvious to the team that not being on top of tyres was costly,...
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