Motor racing-Bottas spins and drops to the back in Turkish GP

ByReuters

Published 15/11/2020 at 10:28 GMT

ISTANBUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton's sole Formula One championship rival and Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas spun twice on the opening lap of what could be a title-deciding Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday and dropped to the back of the field.

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Bottas has to beat Hamilton by eight points to prevent the Briton from securing a record-equalling seventh world championship.

The Finn had climbed back to 16th place -- but 43 seconds off the lead -- after four of 58 laps on a wet and slippery track, with Hamilton sixth. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ed Osmond)

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