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Bottas lost 3kg in Spain thanks to black overalls

Valtteri Bottas lost 3kg during the the Spanish Grand Prix and thinks Mercedes' black overalls were behind it. Mercedes are usually kitted out in white for a race weekend, but this year they have switched to black, along with the livery of their car in support of Lewis Hamilton's efforts to improve diversity and equality. And it must be said the black race suits which Hamilton and Bottas now sport are very easy on the eyes, but when the temperatures crank up it seems they aren't so appealing to the body. Bottas complained over team radio during the Spanish Grand Prix about how hot the black race suit was making him in the strong Barcelona sunshine. And come the end of the race he had lost...
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