Wolff: "Bottas deserved the win"

20:01, 29 Apr 2018
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff looked like a happy bunny at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, until Valtteri Bottas crashed out in the final stages of the race, which was heartbreaking for the entire team.
The big silver lining (get it, Silver) of course is that the other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton eventually won the race after Bottas retired. In the end, a Mercedes won so Wolff won't be having a tough time sleeping tonight.
"The end of the race was really dramatic," he told ORF.
"Valtteri deserved the win for sure, he drove so well.
"Unfortunately he got a puncture because of a piece of debris on the straight, that can't happen of course.
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"Luckily for us, Lewis managed to win, he's had a lot of bad luck this year."
Wolff briefly addressed the crash between Verstappen and Ricciardo, as he reveals that that is the worst possible thing that can happen during a race.
"The crash of Daniel and Max was incredible to see.
"For a team principle, that's the biggest nightmare!"

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