Valtteri Bottas says his Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport was “enjoyable to drive” as he qualified second behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the Japanese Grand Prix. The Finn was three tenths of a second off Hamilton’s pole time and praised the achievement of his team-mate. “First of all I want to say congratulations to Lewis – 80 pole positions, that's a big number and he deserves a lot of respect for that. “The cars have been so quick today as they have been all weekend and it was enjoyable to drive in Qualifying.” Bottas struggled in Free Practice 3 but got it together in qualifying and felt sectors 2 and 3 cost him pole position. “I struggled a lot in FP3, the car...
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