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Mercedes Made Right Call For 'Perfect Result' – Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas has praised Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport‘s decision not to pit under virtual safety car conditions in the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix after finishing runner-up to team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Bottas lost his second place at the start of the race to Scuderia Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel and failed to jump the German during the first round of pit stops. But Vettel stopped once more on lap forty-one when the VSC was deployed for Esteban Ocon‘s stationery Sahara Force India. Vettel dropped to fourth and Bottas came home second, albeit over twenty seconds behind Hamilton. 'This is a perfect result for us as a team,' said Bottas. 'I was in a difficult situation after...
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