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No regrets to let Williams cars race

id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description"> Williams have no regrets about letting their drivers race despite failing to finish on the podium after a strong start to the British Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas was initially told not to pass team-mate Felipe Massa for the lead, only for Williams to allow him to try as long as it was a 'clean move'. 'They are free to race as long as they don't hold each other up,' Williams head of performance Rob Smedley said. 'We were going back into the clutches of the Mercedes, we didn't want that.' British GP: Flying start from Williams to overtake Mercedes Massa finished fourth, with Bottas taking fifth despite both having looked...
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