Lewis Hamilton says it is vital he and Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas maintain respect for one another as the 2019 title fight intensifies. Bottas and Hamilton engaged in a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle during the early stages of Sunday’s British Grand Prix, as pole-sitter Bottas fended off a flurry of attacks from Hamilton to maintain his lead. Hamilton briefly found a way past around the outside of Luffield but Bottas fought back to reclaim the lead by diving down the inside of his teammate at Copse, before a fortuitously-timed Safety Car enabled Hamilton to leapfrog his teammate and move into a lead he never relinquished. “It’s no secret that Valtteri wants to beat...
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