Valtteri Bottas said he will need to buy some beers for his mechanics after they managed to repair his car in double-quick time for qualifying. A fuel leak in FP3 forced the Mercedes crew to change Bottas' power unit between the two sessions as quickly as they could. It triggered no penalty as the engine parts are already in his engine pool, but his team had to work as hard as they could to get his car ready in time. Bottas set a lap in Q1 but then needed his car to be wheeled back into his garage after he reported it to be misfiring as he drove into the entrance of the pit lane. His mechanics were able to repair his car again in time for the second part of qualifying, and the Finn repaid...
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