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Mercedes explain why Bottas struggled so much to overtake

Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas was fortunate to come home in the points at the Sochi Autodrom, capitalising on a perfectly timed call from the team to swap from the dry to the Intermediate tyres just as the rain began to fall late in the race. Until that point, Bottas had been running in 14th, well outside the points-paying positions, after a laborious race from a 16th-place grid slot. Having been unable to provide any particular resistance to the recovering Max Verstappen early on, Bottas couldn't work his way through the field as he was simply unable to get close enough to rival cars entering the start of the pit straight. Given that teammate Lewis...
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