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‘Bottas feeling mental setback from team orders'
Toto Wolff concedes Mercedes' use of team orders in Russia led to a 'mental setback' for Valtteri Bottas, who never once looked able to challenge Lewis Hamilton at Suzuka. Mercedes controversially used team orders at the Russian Grand Prix, instructing Bottas to move over for Hamilton. That effectively handed the Brit the race win while Bottas, visibly upset, had to settle for second. One week later and there was a notable turnaround in form at Mercedes as Hamilton came to the fore at Suzuka, P1 in every session, while Bottas never once looked able to challenge his team-mate. Wolff concedes the Russian team orders may have played a part in that. 'We have to remind ourselves that for a race...
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