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Vettel lost ‘a lot of time' fighting Bottas
While Sebastian Vettel was a bit disappointed about having to battle Valtteri Bottas in Spain when the real fight was with Lewis Hamilton, he says he apportions no blame to Felipe Massa in their late race tussle. Having led at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix, Vettel pitted early and found himself stuck behind Bottas who was playing the team game. Mercedes kept the Finn out for a long first stint in the hope that he would hold up Vettel, thus allowing Hamilton to close the gap to the Ferrari driver. Bottas did, and Hamilton did. 'We lost a lot of time fighting Valtteri,' Vettel reflected. 'We lost four seconds. 'I was catching him but I knew they wouldn't pit him. He was all over the...
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