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Mercedes explain Bottas team orders which saved Hamilton
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff explained that Lewis Hamilton would have dropped two more places at the Singapore Grand Prix, had Valtteri Bottas not complied with team orders. Hamilton ran an extended opening stint at the Marina Bay Circuit after being undercut by Sebastian Vettel, who moved from third to first and eventually won. Article continues under video With the power of the undercut so strong, Hamilton also lost third to Max Verstappen, and looked a sitting duck to his team-mate too until Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles ordered Bottas to trim approximately three seconds off his lap time, in order to ensure Hamilton would emerge ahead of him when he stopped, which later...
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