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Bottas blames engine mode error for missing Q3
Valtteri Bottas says a mistake in failing to switch on his engine qualifying mode at the right time was to blame for his failure to make it through to Q3 at the Malaysian Grand Prix. With Williams locked in a tight fight for fourth place in the constructors' championship, Bottas missed out on knocking rival Sergio Perez out of Q2 by 0.039 seconds, which left him down in 11th and allowed Perez to secure seventh in the final shootout. Speaking afterwards, Bottas had no doubts that he had a car capable of making it through to Q3, but the engine error and a scrappy rest of lap meant he fell short. "I think pace wise we were very close with Force India so in theory we should have been with...
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