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Bottas considered 'giving up' after 2018 Sochi bitter pill

Valtteri Bottas says he considered walking away from F1 after the 2018 Russian Grand Prix where a team order from Mercedes forced him to hand a probable win to teammate Lewis Hamilton. Bottas had put himself in command of the Sochi race at the outset after starting from pole. But at the halfway mark, an ominous call from Mercedes strategist James Vowles ordered the Finn to relinquish his position to Hamilton in order to create a buffer between the Briton and the Ferrari of title rival Sebastian Vettel. Mercedes' decision - dictated by the title fight between Hamilton and Vettel -  understandably did not go down well with the Finn who had given it his all in the race to secure his first...
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