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Bottas comes up five laps short on one-stop strategy
Valtteri Bottas looked like he could pull of a win for Mercedes at Silverstone but ultimately failed to hold his lead as tyre degradation took its toll on the Finn's efforts. A crash by Sauber's Marcus Ericsson triggered a Safety Car on lap 32 of 52 and while Ferrari opted to bring Sebastian Vettel in, the Mercedes camp kept bot its driver out, with Bottas taking command of the race at that point. The Finn kept Vettel at bay until the race was neutralized again when Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean came together, and again Bottas defended his leading position from Vettel. Vettel wins as Hamilton charges back to second place His resistance only lasted until lap 47 however, at which point...
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