Lost amid all the drama in the wake of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was the request over the radio to his Mercedes team by Lewis Hamilton to get Valtteri Bottas to back-up Sebastian Vettel in the late stages of the race. After Vettel's penalty and Hamilton's pit stop to sort out a loose headrest, the Mercedes driver was on a charge to catch Vettel. On lap 47 Hamilton radioed his crew on the pit wall: 'Guys, if Valtteri can’t catch the man ahead, tell him to slow down a bit to cause a bad wake…' It was a brazen request by Hamilton to his team in the heat of the moment, suggesting that Bottas should slow down and back Vettel into him. Not cool. The call was wisely ignored by Mercedes....
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