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Bottas "block" cost me "an awful lot of time" - Vettel

Sebastian Vettel feels he lost "an awful lot of time" when Mercedes used Valtteri Bottas to "block" him during his Spanish Grand Prix battle with Lewis Hamilton. Though Vettel grabbed the lead from pole-sitter Hamilton at the start at Barcelona, the Mercedes emerged triumphant after a close on-track battle in the final stint. Vettel felt he twice lost key advantages to Hamilton - first when he was held up behind temporary leader Bottas as the Finn ran much longer in his first stint than the other frontrunners, and later when Hamilton made his final pitstop just as a virtual safety car period was ending. "I am not happy, it [the win] was there," said Vettel....
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