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Bottas would not accept gifted F1 win from Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas says he would not accept having a win given back to him from Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton before the end of the 2018 Formula 1 season. Bottas started from pole in Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix but was ordered to hand over a position to Hamilton at mid-distance to strengthen his teammate’s title bid. Hamilton praised Bottas during muted post-race celebrations and expressed how uneasy he felt by the situation, adding he considered allowing his teammate back through in the closing stages to take a win he felt he deserved. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  But Bottas, who sits over 100 points behind Hamilton in the drivers’ standings, stressed he would rather earn race...
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