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Bottas: Cars harder to drive in the wind
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas believes the 2017 cars will become even more challenging to drive if conditions are gusty out on track. The Finn enjoyed a solid start to life with his new team in the first winter test, but he did suffer one spin on day two after being caught out by the wind. He managed to correct the spin before causing any long lasting damage to the W08, but did warn that his incident could become a regular occurrence in similar conditions. “I think in terms of tyres, from my feeling, it is not a massive difference in terms of how sudden the loss of grip is,” Bottas told reporters. “Only in the case if the tyre is not hot enough, which is easy in these...
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