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Bottas Happy With Mercedes 'Starting Point' For The Weekend

Valtteri Bottas feels his Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport team are at a “good starting point” ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix. The Finn was second fastest in both Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 and was happy with how the car has been this weekend so far. “It's always good fun in Suzuka, this is such an enjoyable track to drive. “The car also felt quite good, although for me it was better in FP1 than in FP2. “We have a full night ahead to investigate all the changes we made and find the right set-up. “But overall the car felt pretty good throughout all sectors, I just had some balance issues, struggling a bit with understeer.” Despite Mercedes having a one-two in both...
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