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Valtteri Bottas: 'OK' lap 'luckily good enough for pole'
Valtteri Bottas wasn't particularly pleased with his Chinese Grand Prix pole position lap, describing it as 'OK', and was relieved it was good enough to secure him the top spot. The Mercedes driver beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton to the top spot by just +0.023s to claim his first pole position of the 2019 season, but admitted he struggled during the final qualifying session despite feeling in a strong position during final practice on Saturday. 'It's been a good weekend so far for me...starting from pole position. I felt already really confident this morning, in FP3. In qualifying, I honestly struggled a bit in Q3 to get the perfect lap, but it was good enough. 'The lap was OK, like...
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