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Russia Flashback: Bottas versus Raikkonen

Two years before they’d find themselves on opposite ends of a clash for the constructor’s championship, Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas found themselves coming together in a far more literal context in Sochi. One of the more memorable moments in the brief history of the (modern) Russian GP, Raikkonen had been on a last-lap charge to take the final podium position from Bottas before costing both drivers a spot on the podium with this ham-fisted move. The subsequent penalty to Raikkonen meant he finished eighth, although it was little consolation to a fuming Bottas, who ended up P12. Engaging in a war of words that by Finnish standards was downright explosive, Bottas would receive no...
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