Toto Wolff was happy to give credit to Valtteri Bottas despite another underwhelming performance from the Portuguese Grand Prix pole-sitter. Bottas had suffered a poor start to the 2021 season, finishing a distant third in Bahrain – where he criticised the “defensive” strategy Mercedes had applied to him – before crashing out at Imola in an incident with George Russell, who had been trying to overtake the Finn. But the 31-year-old had a golden chance to turn things around at Portimao as he grabbed pole position and led the race in the early stages – only to surrender to both his team-mate, race winner Sir Lewis Hamilton, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Although not helped by a...
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