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Bottas explains his 'jump start' in Hungary

Mercedes looked all set to walk away with another dominant 1-2 victory in today's Hungarian Grand Prix, but a rare miscue on the starting grid nearly proved a disaster for Valtteri Bottas. Starting fro second place on the grid alongside his team mate Lewis Hamilton, Bottas visibly moved forward before the lights went out. Then when the race did finally get underway he lost multiple positions The 'jump start' was reviewed by the race stewards and could have resulted in a costly penalty, but ultimately it was decided that Bottas had fully stopped the car in time before the lights went out. Hamilton storms to victory, Verstappen pips Bottas Even so the places he lost as a result of the scare...
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