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Massa: I did the right thing

Felipe Massa is adamant he did nothing wrong in Malaysia despite ignoring team orders to move aside for his team-mate Valtteri Bottas. The tension between the two Williams drivers was apparent from the start of Sunday's Malaysian GP. Fighting robustly for track position, Massa yelled at the team "did you see what he did? He touched me!" The next message was Williams telling Bottas "not to attack Massa" to which he responded "I have more pace than him." Heading into the final few laps in seventh and eighth place just behind Jenson Button, Massa was told "Valtteri is faster than you do not hold him up." The next message that came through was...
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