Finding greener grass at Alfa Romeo may not have been the real reason Valtteri Bottas left Mercedes at the end of last season after Sir Lewis Hamilton made a polarising comment at the British Grand Prix. The first practice session of the weekend had been mostly rained off, and the teams did not want to unnecessarily burn through any sets of Inters in anticipation of rain during qualifying, so most of the drivers spent the majority of the session in their garages. While we often believe that engineering and race strategy is on the agenda for discussions during the lengthy period of no track action, Hamilton was speaking to George Russell and co about a more pressing matter. Bottas is known...
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