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Bottas hoped Hamilton would seal title after playing team game
Valtteri Bottas admits he hoped teammate Lewis Hamilton would wrap up the 2018 Formula 1 world championship at the United States Grand Prix after Mercedes once again used team orders. Bottas was told to allow Hamilton past on two separate occasions during Sunday’s race in a bid to help his teammate get into a position to enable him to seal his fifth drivers’ world title. But with Hamilton only able to finish third behind race-winner Kimi Raikkonen and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after being forced onto a two-stop strategy, it was not enough for him to be crowned champion in Austin. It was the second time in three races Mercedes had imposed team orders on Bottas, having instructed the...
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