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Hamilton responds to Vettel: "We never sandbag"
Lewis Hamilton has rejected Formula 1 rival Sebastian Vettel's claim the Mercedes team was sandbagging in practice for the Russian Grand Prix. Vettel led a Ferrari one-two in second practice at Sochi – after teammate Kimi Raikkonen topped the opening session – while the best of the Mercedes drivers, Valtteri Bottas, was 0.67s off the pace in third. Hamilton was three hundredths of a second slower than Bottas, leading Vettel to suggest Mercedes was holding back – something Hamilton has refuted. "We never sandbag," he said. "There's no benefit to sandbagging, ever. I think Ferrari has done in the past but there is zero benefit for us to do so. "We're trying to get...
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