Valtteri Bottas may have missed out on clinching pole position for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix, but he still believes that he has a strong chance of taking control of the race on Sunday. Bottas had been fastest of anyone throughout Friday's practice sessions, only to lose the advantage to his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in final practice on Saturday morning. Bottas was back on top at the start of qualifying, when two deleted lap times for Hamilton resulted in Bottas commanding Q1 by three tenths of a second. Real also: Hamilton survives to snatch Sochi pole from Verstappen And in Q2, another deleted lap time for Hamilton left the championship leader at extreme risk of missing the cut...
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