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Ferrari chief sorry for Bottas 'butler' comment

Maurizio Arrivabene has revealed he apologised to Valtteri Bottas after likening the Mercedes driver to a butler after the Italian Grand Prix. Bottas assisted Lewis Hamilton's victory at Monza after Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel's punchy start had seen the German lose out. Bottas has twice been given team orders this season, told to stand down from attacking Hamilton in Germany before his strategy was altered to assist Hamilton in Italy as the Finn backed Raikkonen into his team-mate, shredding his countryman's tyres in the process. When Arrivabene was asked why Ferrari had not given similar orders to Raikkonen to boost Vettel's title chances, the Ferrari boss said he "hired...
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