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Bottas takes crushing Australian GP victory

Valtteri Bottas took a big step to silencing his critics by charging to a dominant victory in Sunday's Formula 1 season-opener in Australia, heading up a one-two finish for Mercedes ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Following a winless 2018 that left him seeking personal improvements and changes over the winter break, Bottas made an almighty statement by crushing the field at Albert Park by more than 20 seconds en route to a victorious start to the new season. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  After qualifying second behind Hamilton on Saturday, Bottas managed to seize the lead on the run down to Turn 1 on the opening lap as he slipped up the inside of his Mercedes teammate, comfortably taking the...
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