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Valtteri Bottas crashed at Turn 15 on the final lap in Baku and believes an earlier trip off course may have confused his Cadillac’s systems.
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Bottas told RacingNews365 and other reporters after the race that he had gone straight on at Turn 1 earlier in the final lap. He thought the extra distance might have confused his Cadillac’s systems. Approaching Turn 15, he said, the car experienced what he called a large ‘superclip’. When he braked, he felt that only the front brakes activated, as though the rear brakes were no longer recovering energy for the battery. [1]
Bottas offered that sequence as his explanation for the crash. RacingNews365’s account does not give a technical diagnosis from Cadillac. [1]
The crash allowed Max Verstappen to close on George Russell, whom he nearly passed at the finish, RacingNews365 reported. [1]
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