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Bottas: I’ve got unfinished business at Russian GP

Valtteri Bottas wants to fight back at favoured circuit Sochi Autodrom after enduring a tough Singapore Grand Prix last time out, while memories of being denied victory by Mercedes team orders in Russia 12 months ago are still firmly in his mind. The Finnish driver endured a qualifying mix-up with Lewis Hamilton in Singapore, wrecking his final run in Q3, which put him on the backfoot for the race and resulted in him having to obey team orders by backing off behind Hamilton and settle for fifth place. It marks one year on since the last time Bottas was victim to team orders at Mercedes, when he had to allow Hamilton to overtake him to win the Russian Grand Prix, as the German...
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