Two-time world champion, Mika Hakkinen says that Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas will be crucial as the 2021 title fight continues. While it hasn't always been the case, on Sunday evening both Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen owed their respective teammates a beer and a thank you hug. In winning the race, and taking fastest lap, Bottas not only helped Mercedes maintain its championship lead, it prevented Verstappen extending his. Meanwhile, in one of the true highlights of the afternoon - of which there were few - Perez held off a determined Hamilton who had worked his way through the field after starting eleventh. At one point in their battle the Mexican was almost forced into the...
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