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Bottas Happy with Third on the Grid Despite Grip Issues on Final Q3 Run

Valtteri Bottas was disappointed to qualify only fourth for the United States Grand Prix after failing to find as much time on his final run as the three drivers ahead of him during the final segment of Qualifying on Saturday. The Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver will move up to third on the grid when Sebastian Vettel takes his grid penalty, but he ended 0.379 seconds behind his pole-sitting team-mate Lewis Hamilton after failing to get his Ultrasoft Pirelli tyres to the right temperature for his final run. “It was a pretty straightforward qualifying session all the way until the second run in Q3,” said Bottas.  “Everyone else improved much more on their second run, but I...
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