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Bottas: Pole was out of reach
Even though he was up in the middle sector on his final flying lap, Valtteri Bottas says his mistake probably cost him second, not first.
Although the deficit at the end was 0.407s, Bottas came close to taking pole position for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix.
Putting in his final lap in qualifying, the Williams showed impressive pace through the first two sectors.
However, having used his tyres too much at the start of the lap, the Finn lost rear grip in the final corners.
He eventually finished third quickest behind the two Mercedes drivers.
Speaking in the post-qualifying press conference, he said: "I didn't know at that time that it was close to the pole, I only knew how it was...
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