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Bottas hopes engine penalty woes are now over

Valtteri Bottas is praying that his power unit troubles are now finished after taking yet another penalty at the United States GP. For the third time in four races, Bottas was forced to drop down the starting order with the United States Grand Prix marking a continuation of Mercedes' engine gremlins. Bottas was forced towards the back of the grid in Italy and Russia thanks to engine changes, and though he changed only the Internal Combustion Engine [ICE] for the US GP, Bottas did still incur a five-place grid penalty. Leaving him to start from P9 at the Circuit of The Americas, Bottas could manage only P6 at the chequered flag. “I really hope so,” Bottas told Sky F1 after the race when...
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