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Bottas: I considered quitting Formula 1 in 2018
Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he considered quitting Formula 1 in the wake of the team orders call that robbed him of victory at Sochi in 2018.Bottas had taken pole position for the Russian Grand Prix, and was ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton when he was instructed to let the Brit, who was embroiled in a World Championship battle with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, past to claim the win. The Finn admitted he had to do a lot of soul-searching following the infamous "Valtteri, it's James" radio message.“Sochi 2018, that was a pretty tough race,” Bottas on Season 3 of Netflix series Drive to Survive.“Tough to accept. I was pretty...
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