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Bottas reigns, Max gains!
Updated On: 11 October, 2021 10:30 AM IST | Istanbul | AFP
Mercedes’ Valtteri considers his performance at Turkish Grand Prix as one of the best races he has competed in; Verstappen reclaims championship lead
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Mercedes GP’s Valtteri Bottas celebrates on the podium yesterday. Pics/Getty Images
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas claimed his first chequered flag of the season to win the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday as Max Verstappen reclaimed the lead in the title race. The Red Bull driver finished second to take a six-point lead in the championship ahead of Bottas’s teammate Lewis Hamilton who finished fifth voicing frustration with team strategy.
Sergio Perez, in the other Red Bull, took third with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fourth. Although the rain eased by the start of the race, the wet conditions prevailed throughout, making the tactics around tyres and the timing of pit stops all the more important. Bottas began from pole, avoiding a tangle between Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso on the opening lap, and led until pitting on the 38th lap of the 58-lap race.
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