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Williams: We stood in Valtteri's way when Ferrari came along

Williams team chief Claire Williams has admitted that her team blocked Valtteri Bottas' move to Ferrari when they came calling on them to release him to replace fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen at Maranello in 2015. I an interview Williams justified why they agreed to release Bottas to Mercedes this year, 'We stood in Valtteri's way once, when Ferrari came along. I made a promise to Valtteri I wouldn't stand in his way again, I honour my promises.' 'He has an amazing opportunity and it will be interesting to see how Valtteri does this year,' she said alluding to his move to the dominant Mercedes team where he will be up against new teammate and triple F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. As for...
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