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Valtteri Bottas: 'Thought We'd Be Fighting For Pole'

A disappointed Valtteri Bottas is looking to Pirelli‘s Soft compound tyre to rescue his and Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport‘s weekend after being thoroughly beaten by Scuderia Ferrari in qualifying for the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix. Bottas will start from third place for 2018's third race of the year after qualifying over half-a-second behind pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel. The Finn concedes that Scuderia Ferrari appear to have the better car in China but will hope to utilise his tyre strategy to beat them in the race. 'We came here thinking we'd be fighting for pole position but unfortunately that was out of reach. 'It was a pretty straightforward qualifying and it felt like I...
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