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Bottas considered F1 retirement after Russia 2018 team orders
Get F1 news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from crash.net that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Valtteri Bottas has revealed he considered retiring from Formula 1 after being forced to hand Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton the win at the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. Bottas was ordered to move over for Hamilton while leading the race in Sochi, leading to the infamous team radio message: “Valtteri, it’s James...” At the time, Hamilton was involved in a title fight against Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes felt it had to swap the cars due to Hamilton’s front tyres developing a blister, thus securing the 1-2 finish...
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