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Valtteri Bottas ‘didn't think tow would make much difference'

Italian Grand Prix – Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas says he decided against getting a tow towards the end of qualifying, concentrating on a clean lap by himself. Valtteri Bottas says he made the choice not to worry about slipstreaming his way around Monza at the end of Q3, instead opting for a lap running in clean air. With most of the field tripping up over themselves in their attempts to slipstream behind another car, Bottas opted against doing so with teammate Lewis Hamilton and came out on track by himself towards the end of Q3. He ended up snatching provisional pole position with that laptime, before Hamilton eclipsed it moments later by less than a tenth of a second. “It was a...
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