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Bottas: We were just not quite quick enough
When Valtteri Bottas took the lead on lap 26 of the Chinese Grand Prix he thought he had the race in the bag, but a safety car deployment scuppered his ambitions and instead he had to settle for second behind race winner Daniel Ricciardo. Bottas was a victim of a shrewd strategy move by Ricciardo and his team who pitted the Australian at a crucial point, sending him out on fresh soft tyres to pursue Ferrari and Mercedes who controlled proceedings at that point. And he succeeded. As it turned out Bottas had no answer for the Red Bull driver's charge and relinquished the lead on lap 44, the Finn crossing the line eight seconds adrift of the winner. He spoke after the race in Shanghai:...
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