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Mercedes to assess driver roles after Monza

Valtteri Bottas Mercedes will evaluate if it will require Valtteri Bottas to play a support role for Lewis Hamilton in the Formula 1 title race after this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. The Brackley squad has in recent seasons treated its drivers equally and steered clear of team orders, choosing to allow them to race each other. However, the growing threat from Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari has seen the German close to within 17 points of Hamilton in the championship following a comfortable victory at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Bottas is currently 87 points adrift of his team-mate, seemingly an outside chance at the title and useful asset for Mercedes in assisting Hamilton’s...
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