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Bottas: Frustrated, I wasn’t allowed to overtake Massa
Valtteri Bottas says that, he was disappointed to be disallowed from fighting teammate Felipe Massa when he had the gain during the British GP. Early part of the race Bottas was push hard on his team-mate but Williams gave the drivers the team order not to race each other before later telling the Finn he could overtake if the pass was clean. Bottas was later informed he could attack Massa, but replied on the radio that it was “too late” as his tyres lost their edge. 'No one should let anyone by, I think,' Bottas said. 'That’s not racing. But of course it would have been nice to be able to race. At that point when I had the best opportunities, I wasn’t allowed to overtake. Obviously...
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