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Bottas "cried like a baby" after Baku heartbreak

Valtteri Bottas admits he "cried like a baby" after losing a formality drive to victory in Azerbaijan. The Finn was leading with three laps to go and looked certain to take the 25 points until he hit some debris and picked up a cruel puncture. Bottas was forced to retire his Silver Arrow which he labelled as "one of the biggest disappoints" in his career. His run of winless races turned out to stretch through the rest of the season, with another retirement in Austria ending chances of winning from pole position. And team orders elsewhere, to give Lewis Hamilton the upper hand in his title fight with Sebastian Vettel, caused more setback. In an interview for Mercedes,...
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