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Bottas: Apologies but there was nowhere for me to disappear

Valtteri Bottas was handed a reprimand for causing a collision on during practice on Friday as he topped the times ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two on the first day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. The 30-year-old Finn completed a ‘double top' by going fastest in both sessions, making full use of a new power unit after suffering an engine failure in Brazil two weeks ago. The switch is costly however as he will take penalties that send him to the back of the grid. Bottas tried to pass Romain Grosjean on the inside at Turn 12, but the Haas driver turned in and the pair collided. They were not hurt. 'I think he didn't really see me coming up the inside,'...
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