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Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a successful rallying debut

Valtteri Bottas finished fifth overall, having taken a stage win, as he enjoyed a successful rallying debut at the Arctic Lapland Rally. The Mercedes Formula 1 driver took to the wheel of a WRC-standard Ford Focus, alongside two-tie WRC championship winning co-driver Timo Rautiainen. Bottas victory came on the eighth stage, helping him recover from a slow start in the frozen conditions. The Finn will hope the stage win augurs well ahead of the 2019 F1 season as he looks to bounce back from a 2018 campaign which featured no race wins, despite Mercedes wrapping up a fifth straight constructors' title and Lewis Hamilton taking the drivers' crown with 11 victories under his belt. We finished my...
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