Valtteri Bottas thinks Mercedes need perfection in every area of their car if they want to beat Red Bull this season. Mercedes did not make a straightforward start to the early stages of 2021, with a disjointed pre-season testing weekend and then being outpaced by Red Bull's Max Verstappen in practice and qualifying in Bahrain. That led many to believe the dominant Mercedes may have dropped behind their closest competitors, although many others still doubted the true extent of Mercedes' troubles. The opening race of the season seemed to prove, though, that we could be in for a very tight season given that Red Bull did seem to have extra pace on the dominant team of the hybrid era, but it...
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