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Wolff: 'Maybe I need to shut up next time'

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff says he may reconsider his in-race radio messages to Valtteri Bottas as his support over the air waves in the Portuguese GP failed to spur on the Finn. Bottas was running third behind teammate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the final part of Sunday's race when Wolff popped up on the radio to deliver a few words of encouragement to his driver as he attempted to reel in Verstappen. "Hunt him down, Valtteri, you're the quickest car!" Unfortunately, a faulty exhaust sensor put the Finn's engine in protection mode in the closing laps of the race, costing him 5 seconds and a chance to overhaul runner-up Verstappen. Last year, Bottas...
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