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Valtteri Bottas would have had title shot without Baku loss - Wolff

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff believes Valtteri Bottas' season would have been very different had he not lost out on victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Bottas has failed to win a race during the 2018 season but came very close in Azerbaijan and Russia. Whilst the latter was a team decision to swap driver positions with team-mate Lewis Hamilton in title contention and Bottas not, Baku was a victory lost in the closing laps through an unfortunate puncture. Had Bottas won the race, he would have been just one point shy of then championship leader Sebastian Vettel and Wolff reckons the Finn's season would have been dramatically different as a result of the confidence boost. 'It would...
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