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No point in backing up Vettel, say Mercedes drivers
Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton say it would not make sense for the Finn to try to slow Sebastian Vettel down during the Austrian Grand Prix. Bottas qualified on pole position at the Red Bull Ring as Hamilton, who has a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, finished behind championship rival Vettel in third. The Briton, trailing Vettel by 14 points, will thus start the race from eighth place, six positions behind the Ferrari driver. Despite that, Hamilton insisted there was no point in Bottas trying to help him tomorrow by deliberately backing off Vettel on race day. "It makes no sense for Valtteri to slow down, so he will push as hard as he can to win the...
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