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Tyre debacle 'cost Bottas fifth place'
The Williams pit crew got things horribly wrong at Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix and Valtteri Bottas believes it cost him fifth place. Bottas found himself in the mix for P5 during the early stages of the race at Spa before he made his first visit the pits, but he lost quite a bit of pace after he re-emerged on track. It all became clear within a few laps why he lost pace as the Williams team had fitted one medium tyre and three soft tyres on his FW37 and he was handed a drive-through penalty for the mistake. He eventually finished ninth, but he feels he missed out on a good haul of points. 'I was told that just maybe there was a mistake with the tyre pressure or something. The car...
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