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Bottas pins FP2 crash on gust of wind
Valtteri Bottas believes the unsteady wind swirling around the Red Bull Ring on Friday likely caused the Mercedes driver's crash in FP2. Just minutes after the session was red-flagged following Max Verstappen's heavy impact with the barriers at the final corner - a mishap the Dutchman also pinned on the windy conditions - Bottas brought the proceedings to another halt. The Finn had lost control of his W10 at Turn 6, tried to correct but head across the gravel trap and into the barrier, enduring a massive 23G impact, fortunately with no consequences for himself but with some big damage to the front of his Silver Arrow. "It was pretty big hit for me in second practice but I'm all okay...
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