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THE TURKISH GP IN 3 KEY MOMENTS

1 Red Bull minimises losses on Mercedes’ day

Valtteri Bottas rightly hailed his victory from pole position in Turkey as “one of the best races I’ve ever had”, but it wasn’t enough to stop Red Bull’s Max Verstappen reclaiming the lead of the world championship. While Bottas led imperiously throughout, apart from a brief period after his sole pitstop, team-mate and title contender Lewis Hamilton had a more eventful run to fifth.

A strategic engine change, adding another internal combustion element to the pool for the title run-in, consigned fastest-in-qualifying Hamilton to 11th on the grid. He had the pace to overtake

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