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Why Bottas nearly quit F1 after 2018 Russian GP
Valtteri Bottas has revealed he almost quit Formula 1 in the wake of the team orders furore surrounding the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. Bottas went into what was the 16th round of the 21-race campaign out of the title fight that had developed at that stage between Mercedes' team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Article continues under video After qualifying on pole, Bottas was in contention for the victory at the halfway point of the race, only to infamously be told to cede position to Hamilton to allow him to gain additional points over Vettel. Hamilton went on to take the chequered flag from Bottas, with Vettel third and falling 50 points adrift of the Briton who went on...
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