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FIA: Perez had completed pass on Bottas before running wide

The French Grand Prix stewards absolved Sergio Perez of any wrongdoing following the Red Bull driver's pass on Valtteri Bottas in the closing stages of the race. Perez was running fourth and snapping at the heels of the Mercedes driver with just four laps to go when the Mexican pulled out of the Finn's wake on the approach to the high-speed Signes corner. Perez completed the pass and seized third but ran wide and across the white line on the exit, a maneuver that caught the attention of the stewards. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said the team abstained from bringing Bottas in for a clean set of tyres as it genuinely believed that Perez would be handed a penalty for exceeding track limits and...
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