Valtteri Bottas finally offered a glimpse of form for Mercedes on a pre-season test day in which team-mate Lewis Hamilton beached his car in the gravel and Sergio Perez lost his engine cover. After completing just six laps and losing over three hours of running on Friday due to his W12 requiring a gearbox change, Bottas took to the Bahrain International Circuit on Saturday afternoon knowing he had ground to make up. Article continues under video The Finn, however, did not emerge from the garage until after an hour of running, and while he ran wide on his first flying lap on the hard tyre that again appeared to point to the instability of the rear of the car, he made up for it late on....
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