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Bottas free to race Hamilton – for now

Mercedes insists they won't play favourites in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix with Valtteri Bottas given a fair shot at fighting for the race win. Bottas will start Sunday's grand prix ahead of Hamilton on the grid having pipped his team-mate to pole position by 0.019s. And while a reserve result on Sunday would boost Hamilton's championship chances, Wolff has made it clear Bottas won't be playing number two to his team-mate – at least not yet. 'We’ve discussed that internally already,' said the Mercedes motorsport boss. 'We are at race nine, there’s a long way to go, and I think we owe it to the fans. 'It is also the racing mindset we have that we won’t be playing...
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