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Bottas: "Cried like a baby" after Baku retirement

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he cried after his dramatic retirement during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix earlier this season. The Finn hit debris and punctured his tyre in the final stages of that race when he was seemingly on his way to his first win of the season. Bottas led the Grand Prix quite comfortably after a Sebastian Vettel divebomb had failed quite badly, as the German even ended up giving up a position to Lewis Hamilton instead of gaining one. Bottas then hit a big piece of debris left by a Haas car and punctured his right rear tyre, making it impossible for him to even get back to the pitlane.  If he would've won that race, he would've risen to the top of...
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