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Vettel: In the position they were in it was a no-brainer
While many have questioned the use of team orders by Mercedes to engineer a victory at the Russian Grand Prix for title-chasing Lewis Hamilton at the expense of sacrificial wingman Valtteri Bottas, but their rival in chief Sebastian Vettel hailed their performance and teamwork on the day. Vettel finished third, dropping 50 points behind in the championship race with five rounds remaining, as Mercedes fiddled with the race outcome by instructing Bottas to pull over and allow Hamilton by to maximise the damage. In defeat, the Ferrari driver was full of praise for his rivals, “Well done to both of them, they played very well together as a team.” Then Vettel took a swipe at critics of the...
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