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Bottas: It is what it is

Valtteri Bottas may have been robbed of victory at the Russian Grand Prix by his own Mercedes team, but the Finn has won a ton of new fans with his cool and calm demeanour despite the obvious anger and disappointment. It had been a weekend in which Bottas qualified on pole with a strong performance in qualifying and was in control of the race – albeit behind Max Verstappen at that point, the Red Bull driver pitting later in the race – until the dreaded team order came from his pitwall to cede the lead and thus victory to teammate Lewis Hamilton. In the end, he was once again used as a wingman to the benefit of his championship-leading teammate. The race-altering order came...
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