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We couldn't stand in his way... again
Claire Williams has admitted that her team owed it to Valtteri Bottas to allow him to take Mercedes drive having previously blocked his move to Ferrari. Though Bottas was strongly linked with Ferrari in 2015 as the Italian team sought a replacement for Kimi Raikkonen who might push Sebastian Vettel ever harder, the reason why the move didn't come off has never been made clear. Speaking on the day the first pictures of her team's 2017 contender were made public, Claire Williams has admitted that the Grove team blocked the move and it is because of this it was felt Bottas was owed the opportunity to fill Nico Rosberg's newly-vacant seat at Mercedes. 'Valtteri has been an important part of...
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