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Analysis: Why is Bottas struggling in F1 at the moment?
James Allen looks at the causes of what Valtteri Bottas has described as "the most difficult time of my career". Racing drivers are famous for making excuses. Not Valtteri Bottas. His press meeting after Sunday's disappointing race in Sepang was astonishingly honest and open. He made no excuses and put himself on the rack. The Finn is struggling for pace at the moment and described it as "the most difficult time of my career". So what is going on? A tale of progress then setbacks Bottas started his Mercedes career at quite short notice after the sudden retirement of Nico Rosberg. His pre-season testing outings with the new 2017 Mercedes showed him to be some way off the...
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