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Bottas explains why Mercedes stopped him undercutting Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas said Mercedes have "certain rules" to prevent a driver from undercutting their team mate, which prevented him from benefiting from Lewis Hamilton's poor strategy in Singapore Ferrari used similar tactics to see Sebastian Vettel controversially take victory around the Marina Bay Circuit. Article continues under video Mercedes' championship rivals Ferrari were able to turn a 1-3 into a 1-2 result in Singapore by pitting then-third-placed Sebastian Vettel a lap before the leading Charles Leclerc, which caused the two to swap positions and eventually drop Hamilton from between the two prancing horses. Bottas pitted for new tyres six laps before Hamilton, with the new...
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