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Leclerc: We had a hope of maybe keeping Bottas behind
Charles Leclerc has revealed that he thought he would be able to keep Valtteri Bottas behind him after the Ferrari man completed a first lap pass on the Finn during the Bahrain Grand Prix. However, Bottas was quickly able to regain the position, powering ahead of Leclerc on the back straight into Turn 1. The ease with which the Mercedes driver was able to cruise past Leclerc came as a bit of a surprise to the Ferrari man and serves as evidence of the progress the team still need to make on the power-unit front “I managed to get past him but without taking stupid risks,” he said. “Before the race, you always try to imagine yourself and what were the fights that I would pick and the...
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