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Wolff: Russia team orders ‘broke my heart'
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has admitted that the decision to swap their drivers around in Russia to give Lewis Hamilton the win was heartbreaking. The decision came just after the halfway point, after Valtteri Bottas had qualified on pole position and led most of the race to that point. However, to increase the lead in the Drivers’ Championship, the Finn was asked to let Hamilton through to take the victory. 'We had to execute this awful team order,' Wolff said. 'It was Valtteri's race to win and in order to collect right points for Lewis, we switched the order. 'It was something that nobody likes, you could see the faces clearly not happy about the situation and also myself, it was...
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