{
  "id": 10468695,
  "title": "How was Valtteri Bottas so much slower than Sergio Perez in the Azerbaijan GP?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/how-was-valtteri-bottas-so-much-slower-than-sergio-perez-in-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T14:45:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/how-was-valtteri-bottas-so-much-slower-than-sergio-perez-in-the-azerbaijan-gp/10859576/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There may never have been, so far in the 2026 Formula 1 season, such a stark contrast in intra-team performance as between Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Bottas was outqualified by 1.632s on Friday, albeit hindered by a yellow flag, and his woes persisted deep into the race. By his first pitstop on lap 26, the Finn was already over 46 seconds adrift of the sister…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}