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Wolff to consider team orders for Bottas after Monza

Valtteri Bottas hasn't yet been told he'll need to play a supporting role to his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton's title campaign - but the moment when he will be might be close. Hamilton currently leads the drivers championship by 17 points from Sebastian Vettel with eight races remaining. However the team was rocked by the Ferrari's performance advantage at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend and is braced to take a further hit at the next race in Monza. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits that the outcome of next weekend's race might force him to issue team orders instructing Bottas to focus on helping Hamilton's title bid rather than on the Finn's own quest for race wins. "I hate to do...
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