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Mercedes explain Hamilton-Bottas team orders
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has explained that the Silver Arrows' lack of pace compared to Ferrari prompted their decision to impose team orders on Valtteri Bottas as he chased Lewis Hamilton for the German Grand Prix lead late in a chaotic Hockenheim race. Sebastian Vettel crashing out of the lead in his home race and the Scuderia pitting Kimi Raikkonen under the ensuing safety car put Hamilton in the lead of a race that he had started 14th. Amid swirling rain, that had caught out Vettel at the Sachs Curve, the safety car restart saw Bottas attacking Hamilton on fresher tyres, although he swiftly instructed to "hold position", with chief strategist James Vowles also...
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