WATCH: Bottas locks up trying to avoid Leclerc
Watch as Valtteri Bottas suffers a big lock-up at Spoon Curve as he follows close behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Despite this moment, the Mercedes driver would end the first session in Japan fastest...
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