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Race: Bottas holds off Vettel for first win

A storming start from third to first set up Valtteri Bottas for his maiden F1 win with the Mercedes driver holding off Sebastian Vettel to triumph in Russia. As the excitement over the latest installment in the Ferrari versus Mercedes battle mounted, Fernando Alonso became the second McLaren driver to retire before a race in two races as he broke down on the formation lap. An extra formation lap, 53 laps down to 52, and just 19 starters. And that was soon down to 17 runners as Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer came together on the opening lap. Grosjean on the inside, Palmer on the outside, Grosjean tagged Palmer, Palmer took out Grosjean. Both cars smashed and the Safety Car was out. In...
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