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Bottas had ‘no reason to think' about team orders

Valtteri Bottas is adamant he never once thought of last year's Russian GP team orders as he raced to the victory in Melbourne, after all, 'we are all starting with zero points'. Last year Bottas experienced arguably his worst moment ever in Formula 1 when he was asked to hand a sure win at the Russian Grand Prix to his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. That race would prove to be Bottas' last opportunity to win the entire season as the orders, handed down by James Vowles from the pit wall, seemed to break the Finn's spirit. There was, however, no sign of that on Sunday as the 29-year-old, who declared in the off season that he was ready to beat 'everyone', came out fighting. He beat Lewis...
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