Valtteri Bottas said that he tried everything he could to find a way past Charles Leclerc and secure victory for Mercedes in the closing laps of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Bottas started the race from third place behind Leclerc and his own team mate Lewis Hamilton. He opted for a longer first stint on soft tyres which meant he inherited the lead on lap 20 when the others made their pit stops. He was in front for eight laps before his own stop, meaning he had fresher tyres than either Leclerc or Hamilton for the second half of the race. It allowed him to catch and pass his team mate, but it was another matter when it came to dispatching the Ferrari. “I think we had a good...
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