After suffering an abject weekend in Baku last time out where he finished outside the top ten, Valtteri Bottas was feeling much more like his old self after swapping chassis with Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton. "It’s a lot better feeling than two weeks ago, that’s for sure," the Finn said after topping first practice at Circuit Paul Ricard. He was narrowly pipped in the afternoon by Max Verstappen, albeit by just 0.008s. “I could feel we started the weekend on the right foot," he confirmed to the media after the end of FP2. "Everything was feeling quite okay and being comfortable and pretty fast with the car so far. Read also: Verstappen faster than Bottas and...
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