Valtteri Bottas was particularly satisfied with his first race of the season with Alfa Romeo, the Finn charging to P8 in Bahrain on the back of a "solid race" and an aggressive strategy. The result was a turnaround of sorts for team and driver after a lackluster performance in qualifying, in which Bottas and Alfa teammate Zhou Guanyu were both left stuck in Q2. Starting 12th, Bottas skillfully avoided a bout of commotion after the start, brought about by a clash between Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg, to clock in P8 at the end of the opening lap. He lost a spot to Aston Martin's Lance Stroll thereafter but was among the first drivers to swap his soft tyres for a set of hards, a...
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