Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatupatohia te kaihautū Williams a Valtteri Bottas e te FIA kia mutu tana taraiwa i te wā ka pā mai anō ki a ia te mamae o te tuara i akina ai ia i te Australian Grand Prix. I mau tonu a Bottas i te roimata iti rawa i te waahanga o te kopae i roto i tana tuara o raro i te wa e tohu ana, e tino mamae ana. Ahakoa i waatea te Finn ki te taraiwa i te ata o te Ratapu i mua o te whakataetae, i te mutunga ka kiia e te FIA kaore ia e pai. Kei te korero a Valtteri Bottas ki te hunga pāpāho mō tōna whara i te Sepang Circuit Medical Centre i te Rāhoroi. I kii a Bottas he pai ia mo Melbourne i muri i tana whara i muri i te tohu, engari i ngaro tonu i te whakataetae. I mua i te whakataetae o te Rātapu i Malaysia, kua tukuna a Bottas ki te katoa, ahakoa ko te tikanga mai i te FIA e 'ki te mea ka hoki mai te mamae, tetahi ahua kino ranei, me mutu ia i te wa tuatahi ka taea.' Kaore a Bottas i te ruarua ka puta mai ia i te kore kino i a ia e kii ana: 'He pai te tuara, kaore he mamae, he mea pai. 'I te mutunga o te wiki kua hipa, ka taea e au te mahi i tētahi mea me te kore mamae, ā, i te mutunga o te wiki ka taea e au te kaukau, te whakangungu whakawhiti me te kore mamae, nō reira he tino pai te whakaora. 'Kua oti i a mātau ngā mea katoa e taea ana i roto i tēnei wā poto - he waimarie e rua wiki - nō reira kei te maia ahau ki te hoki ki te waka.' Kua whakaaturia e Bottas ko te whara i puta mai i tana peera me te nohoanga nohoanga i roto i tana motuka, kua oti nei te whakatika. 'Kei te noho te tuara ki te tūnga tōraro ake, he iti ake te pēhanga ki runga i ngā kōpae. E whakapono ana mātou koia tērā", tā Bottas. Kei te kaha haere ngā whakaritenga i Kuala Lumpur i mua i te Malaysian Grand Prix. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Mercedes a Toto Wolff (matau) e kōrero ana ki a Bottas i te papa i Kuala Lumpur. 'Kāore anō au kia raru ki te taha o raro. Ko te tikanga, he roa te wā o te whakatū i taua momo mea. Engari kaore he whakatūpato, ka tere tonu te takahi. He rite tonu ki te werohanga a tētahi i tētahi maripi ki reira, me te mamae e piki haere ana tae noa ki waenganui po. 'I te pō ka tīmata te whakawātea. I te ata, kua...
I whati a Valtteri Bottas i tētahi kōpae i tōna tuara o raro i Melbourne. Nā te wharanga i mamae ai ia, 'pērā i te maripi', nā reira i kore ai ia e haere ki te Australian GP. E kī ana te kaihautū Williams he pai ia ki te whakataetae i te Malaysian GP. Engari kua whakatupatohia ia me wehe ia mena ka nui ake te mamae o ia.