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Mercedes outline the reasons for Bottas' poor getaway at the Hungarian GP

Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott has revealed Valtteri Bottas thought he was going to have more grip than he actually had at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix which is why he dropped down the order immediately. Bottas started from second place but fell behind several cars including Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez. He then caused havoc when he outbraked himself at Turn 1 to heavily damage three of his rivals cars. "I think you need to bear in mind that the conditions were really tricky for the drivers," said Elliott on Mercedes' post-race debrief video. "When we formed the grid up, got everything ready it was...
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