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Hamilton after Russia win: "Bottas a gentleman to let me by"
Lewis Hamilton has won the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, but he was quick to thank his teammate Valtteri Bottas for letting him by, as the Finn was in pole and in the lead until Mercedes told him to let Hamilton past. Bottas was visibly and audibly annoyed with the order, as he was set to win his first race of the season. He did very well to get pole position on Saturday and to get away from the pack on Sunday on the track where he won his first ever F1 race. However, he was told to let Hamilton past by James Allison, the chief engineer at Mercedes, which pissed off the Finn, who really wanted to win this one. Hamilton knew that the race was gifted to him, which is why he thanked his...
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