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Changes to Bottas' dash to avoid ‘distraction'

Jumping the start at the Hungarian GP, Mercedes has since made changes to Valtteri Bottas' dashboard to avoid that 'kind of distraction'. Bottas escaped without punishment after moving before the lights went out at the Hungarian Grand Prix. As his movement was within the sensor tolerance, and he braked immediately, he wasn't penalised for it, at least not by the stewards. It did, however, mean an awful get-away for the Mercedes driver who dropped down to seventh place. He recovered to finish the grand prix in third, later revealing that he had been distracted by a 'light' in his cockpit. Mercedes spent some time prior to this weekend's British Grand Prix making changes to his dashboard to...
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