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Penalised Bottas says Williams had more pace
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Valtteri Bottas admitted disappointment after qualifying in tenth place for the Australian Grand Prix.
Despite making it through to Q3 for only the third time in his career, the Finn reckoned there was more raw pace in the FW36.
Bottas will start from 15th place on the grid due to a penalty for a gearbox change.
"The changeable conditions were very tricky for everyone today and on the whole I am a bit disappointed with finishing P10 in Q3," he said.
"We had the raw pace to finish further up, but struggled to get the intermediate and wet tyres to work properly. But we should take a positive from getting both cars through to Q3 as it has been a while since...
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