Bottas says he may have to ‘drive differently’ in Styrian GP as Mercedes work on gearbox fix – Formula 1 RSS UK

Electrical noise. Thats what Mercedes blamed for the frantic radio messages to Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton during the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, as the drivers were forced to nurse their ailing W11s through the latter half of the race. And with the Styrian Grand Prix set to be held at the same track this weekend, Bottas said he may even have to adapt his driving style for this weekends race, as the team work on a fix for the problem.
Speaking to ourF1 Nation podcast after last weeks race, Mercedes Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin explained more about the electrical noise issue, revealing that it was basically a build-up of electrical noise that starts to interfere with the various systems with the problem exacerbated by the Red Bull Rings high kerbs.
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And ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix, Bottas who overcame the issue on his car to win the race said: Im pretty confident the team has tried to do things to fix it already for this weekend. Obviously it’s limited in the regulations how much you can do and how much you can’t when it’s about gearbox but we’ve localised the issue and I’ve full trust that we’re going to fix it. Just when is the question.
Asked whether he might have to adapt his driving at the Styrian Grand Prix to manage the issue, having been ordered by the team to stay off the kerbs during last week’s race, Bottas replied: On Friday, I think we’re running quite a bit of sensors to monitor what’s going on and see if the issue will reappear, but if it will, yes for sure we will need to be on the cautious side.
We obviously want to finish the races and get the full points that we can, but thats something that we should be more wiser

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