Valtteri Bottas won’t be looking to rival teams Ferrari and Red Bull to help him in his Formula 1 title fight against Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, instead focusing on his own performance after a difficult run of races. Bottas has emerged as the only likely contender to Hamilton in this year’s title race after winning two of the first four races, with Ferrari and Red Bull struggling to compete with Mercedes on a regular basis. A run of four straight victories has allowed Hamilton to pull out a 36-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship, leaving Bottas in need of a change in fortunes if he is to stop the gap growing any bigger. To make any meaningful points gains,...
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