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Bottas distracted by Mercedes duel: 'I braked a fraction too late'
Valtteri Bottas says a moment of distraction in Sunday's Miami GP led to him braking "a fraction too late" and veering off course which led to him losing P5 to both Mercedes cars. Bottas had qualified a strong fifth and was holding the position in the closing stages of the race just after the end of the Safety Car period when Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, the latter on fresher tyres, crept closer to the Alfa Romeo driver. But with ten laps to go, as he monitored his lead over the battling Mercedes duo, the Finn overshot his braking at Turn 17, put a wheel outside the racing line and understeered off course. "I was kind of following them in the mirrors as they were...
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