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Mercedes believe a 1-2 was on without Bottas/Verstappen contact
Mercedes believe that a one-two finish at Monza was possible had Valtteri Bottas not had contact with Max Verstappen. The Finn was looking to take advantage of his fresh tyres and get past the Red Bull until Verstappen came across Bottas in the braking zone at turn one, sending the Mercedes down the escape road. Bottas was then held up behind the Red Bull unable or unwilling to pass as the Dutchman was handed a five-second penalty for the contact. Had he gotten past Verstappen, a limping Raikkonen may have been at Bottas' mercy. “Max is difficult to get past at the best of times and in that circumstance when we’d seen that we just didn’t have the straight-line speed and...
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