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Bottas: constant defending during races "getting annoying"

Valtteri Bottas says that the constant need to defend his position during the Brazilian Grand Prix was "getting annoying". The Finn fought hard against Kimi Raikkonen for much of the race before conceding the position at the halfway point in the race and later losing out to Daniel Ricciardo for fourth position. After the race, Bottas described the constant defensive drive as annoying though admitted that he was always going to be fighting a losing battle with Mercedes struggling with tyre wear against their rivals. “Sometimes it was getting annoying because I had to do it so many times,” he said. “I was trying to defend and you have to compromise, how much you...
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