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Hamilton must seal title before Bottas can win a race

Valtteri Bottas has confessed that Mercedes will likely not endorse him to win a Grand Prix race this season until his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, has secured the drivers' championship, following the Russian GP which saw the Finn concede P1 after receiving team orders. Bottas was poised from position one to win the race in Sochi, but with Hamilton in behind in P2, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made the order to switch positions in order to give the Brit the victory and more points in the title race. The Finn admitted that the order was difficult to follow, but understands it was what was best for the team. "Difficult to put a number. Maybe, 7.7," Bottas responded when asked to...
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