Valtteri Bottas' hopes for trouble-free Fridays have been bolstered by news that Alfa Romeo now have enough parts stockpiled that they won't have to run old ones in Friday's practices. Fridays have not been the Hinwil team's strong point this season. Although both cars have suffered niggles on Fridays, Bottas' seems to have been hit the worst by the team's reliability issues. The Finn has lamented the amount of time that he has spent sitting in the garage rather than being out on track preparing for the weekend. His troubles, and that of his team-mate Zhou Guanyu, have been compounded as Alfa Romeo have had to run old specifications on the Fridays, keeping the new stuff for later in the...
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