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No extra pressure despite Australia setback - Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas insists he is under no additional pressure at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, having endured a difficult start to the 2018 season in Australia. Bottas crashed out of qualifying on his first push lap in Q3 and the damage sustained to his Mercedes W09 necessitated a change of gearbox, relegating him to 15th on the grid. Bottas was able to climb up the order through a combination of on-track passes, rivals dropping out, and the timing of the VSC period, but was able to reach only eighth, his worst classified result since joining Mercedes. “Everything was processed during the weekend,' said Bottas. 'It was a bad weekend, that's it. “We still have 20...
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