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How ‘direct, aggressive’ approach helps Bottas with Mercedes set-up

Valtteri Bottas has explained how changing his approach to set-up and development with his Mercedes squad has helped his own performances with an added boost from an engineering team shake-up. Bottas frequently struggled to match teammate Lewis Hamilton for pace with his Mercedes for the majority of last season but has demonstrated a strong showing at the start of 2019 with the identical results of two wins and two second places – with the Finn leading the championship thanks to his extra point for setting the fastest lap in Australia. Speaking during the build-up to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Bottas said he’s been “more direct” with his set-up feedback this season and feels it is...
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