Pained Bottas says Mercedes team orders made sense


Formula One - F1 - Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Bahrain - 16/04/17 - Mercedes Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland leaves the pit lane. REUTERS/Andrej Isakovic/Pool

MANAMA (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas felt the pain of Mercedes team orders for the first time at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday but said he accepted they made sense in the circumstances.

The Finn had started on pole position, a career first, but tyre pressure problems at the start and a general lack of pace left him struggling to challenge Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel after the German had taken the lead.

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