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Valtteri Bottas wins as Lewis Hamilton struggles in Russia

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas held off a late charge from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the Russian Grand Prix to take his maiden Formula 1 victory. Bottas jumped Vettel and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the start from his third position on the grid and dominated the race until the closing stages, when Vettel used a late pit stop to close up and pressure the Finn. The four-time champion closed up to within a second and a half of Bottas with 10 laps top go but the Finn responded and kept Vettel at arm's length for the rest of the race. Bottas' team-mate Lewis Hamilton capped a difficult weekend with a race to forget and finished only fourth behind Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton slipped...
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