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Bottas: Guys, you know these overalls are way too hot

The man from Finland, a country of long winters, Valtteri Bottas suffered in the heat of the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, claiming that the black overalls – to match the livery Mercedes use for their #BlackLivesMatter message – cost him three kilograms in the race! Bottas finished third on Sunday in Barcelona, a fumbled start cost him dear and second-place on the grid turned to third at the end of a dull 66-lap race, which his teammate Lewis Hamilton won at a canter and by a comfortable margin, unchallenged. The #77 car chased hard all afternoon after the botched start, the driver reporting afterwards, “It was really hot in the car. This year, it's been even hotter in the car....
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