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Mercedes will reinforce T-wing after second failure

Mercedes will reinforce their T-wing ahead of Saturday's third and final practice for the Bahrain GP after Valtteri Bottas' fell off in FP2. For the second race weekend running, Bottas found himself without a T-wing as it came loose, falling off his W08. This time, though, it caused damage to a rival's car as Max Verstappen rode over the debris. 'It smashed basically the floor,' revealed the Red Bull driver. Mercedes will take steps overnight to ensure a similar issue does not reoccur. 'It's a surprise because we've done a huge number of kilometres without problems and then we've had two annoying hassles so I suspect it will be a small manufacturing defect,' tech chief James Allison said....
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