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Arrivabene apologised to Bottas for 'butler' comment
Sep.12 Maurizio Arrivabene says he has apologised directly to Valtteri Bottas for comments made after the recent Italian grand prix. When asked why Kimi Raikkonen did not perform a Bottas-like 'team role' to support Sebastian Vettel at Monza, the Ferrari boss had said: "We have drivers, not butlers". "As soon as I said it in the heat of the battle, I knew it would create a controversy," Arrivabene told Italy's Autosprint. "Since then I have exchanged messages with Valtteri Bottas. I wanted to apologise to him and understand what I meant. It had slipped out but it's not a label I want to use for Bottas. "I appreciate his response very much that he...
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