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Bottas content with ‘good' but ‘not perfect' Canada qualifying

Valtteri Bottas labelled his front row effort in qualifying for Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix as 'pretty good' but admitted it is not 'perfect' to have Sebastian Vettel ahead of him on the grid. Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Bottas was narrowly pipped to pole position by Scuderia Ferrari's Vettel by 0.093s after the four-time champion lowered his initial benchmark time to a 1m:10.764s, a new all-time track record at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Bottas also became only the second team-mate to outqualify Lewis Hamilton in Canada – the other being Nico Rosberg in 2014. The Finnish driver was pleased with his efforts, but felt that a fifth career pole was in...
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