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Raikkonen, Verstappen blame Bottas for Turn 1 exits
Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen have both pointed the finger at Valtteri Bottas for their first-corner exits from the Spanish Grand Prix, but Bottas insists that he did not cause their collision “on purpose”. Bottas’s Mercedes made an excellent initially getaway, but appeared to brake sooner for Turn 1 than his rivals – allowing Raikkonen and Verstappen to draw alongside to his outside. Bottas then clipped Raikkonen’s right-rear wheel, sending Kimi into Verstappen – the secondary collision causing suspension failures on both the Ferrari and Red Bull. “It all started when I got hit on my right-rear corner,” said Raikkonen. “It jumped a little bit and then obviously you...
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