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Bottas says criticism just 'motivation to prove people wrong'

Valtteri Bottas admits he doesn't understand the criticism often sent his way but insists it just provides him with more motivation "to prove people wrong". In 2020, for the second year running, Bottas finished runner-up to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in the championship standings. The Finn scored just two wins during last year's shortened 17-race campaign, while Hamilton's eleven victories delivered a seventh world title to the Briton. Every year, Bottas vows to raise his game and challenge his Mercedes rival for the title, but the 31-year-old's efforts have constantly fallen short of his own expectations, leading some to believe that he will always be consigned to a...
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