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Bottas: It's all going to plan
Two days of testing that have gone exactly to plan? Valtteri Bottas might be unique among F1 drivers to make that assertion in recent weeks.But such was the Williams driver's performance on Thursday, it was easy to see where he was coming from.
The Finn completed a race simulation during the afternoon, the 24-year-old highlighting the reliability of Mercedes' power unit once more by running well over the 57-lap race distance. A quick break and then Bottas was back out again, this time demonstrating the FW36's pace to go second fastest behind the day's pacesetter, Sergio Perez.
By the chequered flag, he had racked up a total of 128 laps. But never mind Mercedes' reliability; in terms of...
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