Friday's practice sessions at Monaco proved to be the source of further frustration for Valtteri Bottas and the Alfa Romeo team, after the C42 fell foul to yet more reliability issues. It's the fourth race weekend in a row that Bottas has lost track time due to technical problems, starting with a broken exhaust and fire at the Emilia Romagna in Imola last month. In this latest case it was an MGU-K failure that meant he completed just two laps in the first free practice session. To add salt to the wound he then inadvertently speeded on his way back to pit lane and incurred a 1000 fine. "It's unlucky and another completely different issue," Bottas told the media in Monaco....
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