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Bottas: It was my job to hold Vettel up
Valtteri Bottas insists it was his "job" and "mission" to hold Sebastian Vettel up in the middle phase of the Spanish Grand Prix so he could help teammate Lewis Hamilton make up time. Bottas played a key role in the outcome of the Barcelona event as early race leader Vettel lost valuable seconds behind him, helping Hamilton close the gap to his Ferrari rival even though he was on the slower medium tyre. Vettel was not too happy with the situation that helped Hamilton, but Bottas said that his approach was fully understandable because he is paid to help Mercedes win races. "I was doing everything I could to keep Sebastian behind and make him lose time, that's how it...
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