Valtteri Bottas was “confused” why the same oversteer problem had occurred twice in Q3 at Imola, leaving him eighth on the grid for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Finn admitted he could, and probably should, have been on the front row alongside his Mercedes team-mate, Sir Lewis Hamilton, who claimed pole position. Instead, the reverse situation is set to occur of what we have seen so often at the front of races in the last couple of years – one Mercedes battling with two Red Bulls, rather than vice versa. That is because Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen qualified second and third respectively, while Bottas will have to initially find a way past the two McLarens immediately ahead...
Full Story »