Rob Smedley: "That was nowhere near what we expected from this race." Valtteri Bottas made a one-stop strategy work and ran as high as third before making his stop on lap 19. He was able to manage his tyres and strategy well to stay ahead of the two-stoppers and finish sixth. Felipe Massa had to run a two-stop strategy due to tyre graining. He was fifth before his first stop on lap 7, and sixth before his final stop on lap 28, but he continued to struggle with his tyres and finished 10th The team collected nine points in the Constructors’ Championship, while Valtteri retains seventh in the Driver’s Championship and Felipe drops to ninth behind Perez Rob Smedley, Head of...
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