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Wolff: Sending Mr. Debris out improves the spectacle
It was a bittersweet afternoon for Mercedes, while Lewis Hamilton ‘celebrated' victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the team had to console Valtteri Bottas who did all the hard work on the day only to have the win snatched from him when his rear tyre exploded because of debris while he led in the frenetic closing stages. Bottas admitted to the heartache and the images of dejection of him after the race are gut wrenching, while bewildered Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff slammed Liberty Media as he suggested the safety car was deployed to spice up the spectacle. Wolff told reporters after the race, 'It's just brutal what happened to Valtteri. I guess … that's how motor racing...
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