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Brawn: Mercedes made right call with F1 team orders
Formula 1 chief Ross Brawn believes Mercedes made the correct call in moving Valtteri Bottas aside so Lewis Hamilton could win the Russian Grand Prix and strengthen his title bid. Mercedes instructed polesitter Bottas to allow his teammate past at mid-distance in Sochi, setting Hamilton up for a controversial victory that enabled the Briton to open up a 50-point advantage over title rival Sebastian Vettel. But Brawn, who was a key figure in Ferrari’s dominance of the sport in the early 2000s – a period in which the Scuderia employed team orders on numerous occasions to support Michael Schumacher – backed his former team’s decision. 5774263478001 CrashTV: "I reckon the...
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