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Team orders not ruled out despite Bottas pole
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said Valtteri Bottas' pole will do his confidence good, but would not entirely rule out team orders coming into effect. With Bottas out of the title picture and Hamilton holding a 40-point advantage over rival Sebastian Vettel, Bottas will continue to play the team game when needed. The Finn took top spot in qualifying on Saturday afternoon thanks to a new lap record around the Sochi circuit in Q3 with a 1:31.386. And Wolff said that getting one over his team-mate Lewis Hamilton could not have come at a better time for him. 'Valtteri needed to gain some confidence and that was just what the doctor ordered,' Wolff told Sky Sports. 'He knows he has to extract...
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