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Horner believes Mercedes' team orders were obvious

Red Bull boss Christian Horner is surprised that Mercedes did not make it clear to Valtteri Bottas at the start of the race that they'd be wanting Lewis Hamilton to overtake the Finn. Bottas looked as if he was finally going to get his first win of this season on Sunday before his Mercedes team demanded that he let the world champion go ahead as they were concerned about his tyres. Horner isn't surprised Mercedes chose to go with this tactic and admitted that he would have done the same thing, but he believes there was a change of stance to what it was before the race. "From what I understand, Bottas wasn't particularly happy," Horner told Autosport. "But you would...
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