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Bottas feels pole could have been his

Valtteri Bottas believes that a lack of tow cost him a shot at pole. The Finn will line up third for the Brazilian Grand Prix behind teammate Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, but things may have been different according to him. After qualifying, he was left to reflect on what he believes was a missed opportunity to take pole position. “I’m not far away but here the margins are small,” said Bottas. “I knew this weekend I did have the pace to be on pole. I think it was there for me to grab but I couldn’t take it today. “I was more than two tenths up in the second run but lost everything in the last corner on the back straight without any tow, so it was...
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