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Bottas claims stage win in rally debut
Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a productive rally debut, claiming a stage win and finishing P5 overall in the Arctic Lapland Rally. The Mercedes driver, partnered by Marcus Gronholm’s long-time navigator Timo Rautiainen, drove a Ford Fiesta WRC as he looked to begin 2019 with a new challenge on the snowy roads of Lapland. Bottas' WRC-spec Fiesta enjoyed a slight power advantage over the R5 machinery of his direct rivals, most of which were driving cars from the World Championship's WRC2 category. Similarly to his Formula 1 characteristics, Bottas chose a conservative approach at the outset but by Friday afternoon he was up to P5, locked in a fierce battle with P4 Skoda Fabia driver Henrik...
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