Crashing out of Q3 during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix is a major blow for Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas who faces mounting pressure to keep his seat with the world champion team, as a number of drivers are coveting one of the two the ‘best seats in the house' at the end of this season. Bottas had complained in Q1 about the balance of his car, but was still able to keep in touch with his pace-setting teammate Lewis Hamilton during Q2, but during his first run in Q3 his number 77 Mercedes tagged the grass on the inside of the second apex in the Turn 1 complex. This unsettled the Mercedes and resulted in the back-end of the car stepping out, at which point the...
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