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Valtteri Bottas: Mercedes drivers still free to fight 'on equal terms'

Valtteri Bottas insists he and team-mate Lewis Hamilton are still permitted to race, and have an “equal chance”, in the wake of instructions being issued at last weekend's Formula 1 German Grand Prix. Hamilton worked his way forward from 14th on the grid to take the lead in a rain-affected race at Hockenheim, with Bottas holding second place at the restart. The Mercedes duo battled at the restart with Hamilton preserving the inside line into the hairpin and Turn 8 to hold onto the lead. Shortly after their scrap Bottas was instructed to hold position, a message he obeyed, and Hamilton went on to head a 1-2 finish for the manufacturer. Team boss Toto Wolff explained in the...
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