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Mercedes keeping ‘options open’ over team orders in Japan
Mercedes will “keep the options open” over whether it uses team orders again during the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, according to team boss Toto Wolff. The reigning world champions sparked controversy at last weekend’s Russian Grand Prix when it instructed Valtteri Bottas to give up a position to Lewis Hamilton, enabling the Briton to claim his eighth win of the season and extend his championship lead over Sebastian Vettel to 50 points. Mercedes agreed prior to the race that Bottas would be free to win had its cars been running in first and second place but a strategy error resulted in Hamilton dropping behind his chief title rival Vettel. Blistering his tyres while battling and...
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