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Mercedes left 'quite a way behind' after troubled Friday
Mercedes admits it has found itself "quite a way behind" and with work to do over the next two days to recover from an assortment of issues that dogged its opening day of testing in Bahrain. The reigning world champions were hit with trouble at the outset of the session when Valtteri Bottas suffered a transmission problem on the W12's installation lap that required a gearbox change. The team was hoping for a trouble-free afternoon and although Lewis Hamilton managed 42 laps, the Briton was left stranded in the Mercedes garage for a lengthy period as his crews dealt with a balance issue. "It's been a poor start to the season from us today," acknowledged Mercedes...
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