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Bottas “fine” with Mercedes' strategy rules

Valtteri Bottas insists he has no problem with Mercedes’ strategy rules after being told to slow down to keep Lewis Hamilton ahead during Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix. Having stopped earlier than Hamilton, who was struggling for pace on ageing Soft tyres, Bottas looked on course to leapfrog his teammate into a net fourth place when the Briton finally pitted following an extended first stint. But Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles came over Bottas’ team radio to instruct the Finn to back off with Hamilton in danger of being undercut. After the race, Bottas explained that Mercedes followed its intra-team rule that its second-placed car in a race is not allowed to undercut the...
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