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Wolff denies enforcing Mercedes team orders

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said the team left Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton free to race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Bottas and Hamilton went wheel-to-wheel at the first couple of corners of the race with the Finn just about holding off his team-mate. Hamilton started to launch another attack in the closing laps, getting himself with DRS range but unable to get close enough to pass. The TV cameras showed Wolff's fingers hover ominously over the driver buttons on the pit wall yet he said he did not issue any order for Bottas and Hamilton to hold station. 'No, [we] let them race,' Wolff said via RaceFans.Net. 'I think we did, they are experienced, they know that racing must be...
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