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Bottas expecting further team orders

Valtteri Bottas has admitted that further team orders could be called by Mercedes until Lewis Hamilton has won the drivers' championship, following the Russian Grand Prix last week which saw the Finn ordered to swap positions with his team-mate to hand him the win. During the GP in Sochi last weekend, Bottas was poised to claim the top position on the podium, only for team orders to be initiated by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff resulting in him swapping positions with Hamilton, who was looking to further extend his lead over Sebastian Vettel in the championship, with the Ferrari driver coming from the rear in third. Wolff and Hamilton have apologised to Bottas since, and even though there has...
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