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Baku blowout left Bottas 'crying like a baby'
Valtteri Bottas has revealed that his retirement in the closing laps of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix while he was leading left him "crying like a baby". The Mercedes driver was leading the field at the restart in Baku after a late yellow flag period and felt confident of holding his own for the remaining three laps. Alas, debris on the track punctured the rear right tyre of his W09, inflicting on the Finn a painful demise and "one of the biggest disappointments I have had in my career." "I thought it was one my best races I have done," said Bottas in an interview for Mercedes. "I didn’t lead for a long time but I managed to fight myself up to the lead of...
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