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Bottas fifth on rally debut
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has made his rally debut, finishing fifth overall in the Arctic Lapland Rally, the opening round of the Finnish Rally Championship. Though a 'rally rookie', the Finn had an advantage over his rivals in that he was at the wheel of an M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC - in similar spec to M-Sport’s WRC drivers - while his rivals, though more experienced, were mostly at the wheel of cars used in WRC2 Nonetheless, alongside co-driver, two-time WRC champion Timo Rautiainen, Bottas claimed a stage win and went on to finish fifth overall, despite a slow start. The rally, which was won by Emil Lindholm in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5, was also contested by former F1 driver...
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