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Bottas justifies radio outburst over Mercedes strategy

Valtteri Bottas felt his expletive-laden radio rant in Sunday's French Grand Prix was justified after Mercedes' one-stop strategy left him a "sitting duck" and compromised his race. Bottas held his own in third place in the first part of the race, running behind teammate Lewis Hamilton and future race winner Max Verstappen. But Red Bull's decision to pit the Dutchman a second time decided Mercedes to keep both its driver out and to bank on an extended second stint that would last all the way to the checkered flag. While Hamilton came within two laps of making that strategy work, Bottas, who had been caught and passed by Verstappen on lap 44, also succumbed to an assault from...
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