It was a day of two-halves for Williams’ Valteri Bottas, with the Finn experiencing the highlight of finishing the opening practice session in third, before slumping to 16th in the afternoon. Bottas, who this week was confirmed at the Williams team for a second season, provided the stand-out performance of the day, with third in practice one, just 0.045 shy of Fernando Alonso’s session topping time. The Finn, who is still yet to score points this year, explained that his FW35 had excelled in the slippery conditions in the morning, but as the track evolved the car began to suffer with balance issues. “We did some aero testing with new parts for the car today, which look like they may...
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