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Bottas confirms W12 was ‘undriveable' at times

Valtteri Bottas confirmed what he said on the radio in Bahrain that, at times, the Mercedes W12 was 'undriveable'. While Mercedes looked on far better form on Friday in Bahrain compared to testing, it was Red Bull who remained on top with Max Verstappen finishing fastest in both FP1 and FP2. Bottas finished the morning session within three tenths of Verstappen, but once the darkness fell for FP2, creating conditions more representative of qualifying and the race, Bottas slipped to 0.371s shy of Verstappen's benchmark, leaving him P5. 'It felt better than in testing in terms of how the car was feeling, so that's good, but also it felt like we are still not there yet with the car balance,'...
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