VIDEO: Bottas lets Hamilton through!

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VIDEO: Bottas lets Hamilton through!
It was the talk of the Sochi Autodrom paddock after qualifying on Saturday and Mercedes DID deploy team orders at the Russian Grand Prix as pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas pulled aside to let Lewis Hamilton through and assume a net lead of the race.
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