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Bottas: I am not here to finish third

Valtteri Bottas said he'd see finishing third in the Formula 1 drivers' world championship as a failure after he was handed a new one-year contract by Mercedes. The Finn trails his team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel by 38 points, and he said he needs to get his act together quickly. 'Anything in Formula 1 is always possible with seven races to go,' Bottas said ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, the 14th of 20 races this season. 'But I do definitely need to start finishing ahead of Lewis and Sebastian if I want to keep my title hopes alive, and rather sooner than later.' He added: 'I am not here to finish third. I definitely want to be fighting for the title as long as...
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