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Bottas plays down Wolff's 'wingman' comment

Jul.30 Valtteri Bottas his hit reverse gear after reacting angrily to the suggestion he is Lewis Hamilton's 'wingman'. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff used the 'wingman' description while praising the Finnish driver for finishing second behind Lewis Hamilton in Hungary. "First, wingman is wrong," Bottas told the Finnish broadcaster MTV. "Secondly, I don't see the positive from this race." As for Wolff's 'wingman' comment, Bottas said: "We'll have to talk." Wolff responded by saying it was a normal misunderstanding that occurs before driver and team can sometimes get together. "We have no number 1 and number 2. I was just talking about his race. Perhaps the word...
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