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Bottas: I was doing all I could to keep Sebastian behind
Although Valtteri Bottas suffered a DNF in the Spanish Grand Prix, the Finn played an important role in ensuring that his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton won the race. Bottas kept Sebastian Vettel behind him for several laps until the Ferrari driver executed a daring overtake, to get past the Finn, but the German had lost valuable time in the duel between the two and in the end fell short of seriously challenging Hamilton. Bottas explained, 'I was doing all I could to keep Sebastian behind and make him lose time, that's how it goes. That was my job and mission at that point. But the pace difference was too big and eventually he got past.' 'But I definitely helped the team today. I...
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