Valtteri Bottas (Retired, Lap 49): 7.5/10 Qatar saw hot and cold running Valtteri Bottas: he started in fine form on Friday, quicker than his team mate in both sessions and fastest of anyone in FP2 and FP3. But when it really counted in qualifying, he was left in Lewis Hamilton's dust and at the end of Q3 he was even bumped from the front row by Max Verstappen. We'll skip over his grid penalty - the situation with the yellow flags in qualifying was a complete mess all round - but it's hard to overlook his terrible start in the race which saw him drop five places on the first lap alone. It took him some time to recover from that setback but on lap 9 he got round Lance Stroll to begin an...
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