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'Desperation' cost Bottas in Hungary - Palmer

Former Formula One and current BBC pundit driver Jolyon Palmer believes that Valtteri Bottas' "desperation" to help Mercedes to the win during the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday ultimately cost him, as he suffered damaged whilst fighting off the assault of Sebastian Vettel. In the last third of the race, Bottas effectively acted as a buffer between Lewis Hamilton in P1 and the two Ferraris, Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, in behind. An early pitstop from Bottas allowed Vettel to move ahead, and during the manoeuvre from the German, Bottas received damage to his Mercedes, which subsequently allowed Raikkonen to move ahead too. Palmer reckons that Bottas was too desperate to...
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