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Mercedes dismissed Bottas strategy call to avoid race result interference
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has stated Valtteri Bottas' call for soft tyres for his second stint in the Portuguese Grand Prix was never under consideration as the team did not want to interfere with the result. Bottas was the faster of the two Silver Arrows at the start of Sunday's race as Lewis Hamilton dropped to third on a difficult first lap influenced by drizzle and the fact both drivers started on Pirelli's medium compounds that took longer to come to life . Article continues under video Hamilton, however, soon hit his stride to retake the lead from Bottas with a move into the first corner and never looked back en route to a 25-second winning margin - the largest gap of the...
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