Hamilton to Bottas: Onto the next race

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SEVEN-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton moved on Monday to defuse comments he made about Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez after Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix.

The Briton, who trails Red Bull rival and Mexico race winner Max Verstappen by 19 points with four races remaining, took to Instagram to clarify his words.

“Yesterday I said that VB left the door open and naturally people will jump to criticize,” he said in relation to his observation that Bottas, on pole, left room for Verstappen to seize the lead into the first corner.

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“We are a team, and we win, and we lose as a team. There is not one single person responsible for winning or losing, we do it together good or bad. You may be able to beat us, but you can’t break us.

“Onto the next one Valtteri, let’s keep pushing bro.”

Hamilton also told reporters after the race that he knew the Red Bull was quick because Perez had got close up behind him.

The Mercedes driver said on Monday he wanted to “make sure people don’t read what I was saying wrong.”

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