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Bottas to 'work hard' to match Hamilton after late scare
Almost from the first corner of the French Grand Prix it appeared that Mercedes has a lock on the top two spots of the podium after a flawless start to the race. With Lewis Hamilton taking a commanding lead, Valtteri Bottas looked equally secure in second place. But the final laps proved to be a lot closer than anyone had expected, after Bottas' six second lead over Ferrari's Charles Leclerc evaporated following a late Virtual Safety Car. "At the end I was catching Valtteri," said Leclerc. "I think he struggled to turn his tyres on again after the VSC so I saw an opportunity but unfortunately there were not enough laps for me to try something.” Hamilton tightens grip on...
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