Bottas will start Sunday’s race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from third on the grid, 0.132s off teammate Lewis Hamilton who secured the 100th pole position of his F1 career. None of the top three was able to improve on their final runs in Q3 as track temperatures increased and the wind picked up, leaving Bottas trailing the two title contenders. Reflecting on qualifying, Bottas revealed he made a major mistake at Turn 10, which most likely cost him top spot. “I was always expecting to have a close qualifying and I’m gutted because in the first run, which was the fastest run for the top three cars at least, at Turn 10 I had a bit of a snap at the apex and lost a bit more than...
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