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Valtteri Bottas: “I don't think pole was up for grabs for us today”

Valtteri Bottas qualified second on the grid for the German Grand Prix but felt Sebastian Vettel and Scuderia Ferrari just had too much for him at the Hockenheimring on Saturday afternoon. The Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver felt his lap of 1:11.416s was a good one, especially in the final sector, but Vettel came through not long after to knock him off top spot by 0.204 seconds to take his fifth pole position of the season. Bottas hopes that the work Mercedes has done in recent weeks on their starts pays off on Sunday, although he knows Ferrari themselves have been quick off the line this season. “It felt like a good lap, especially in the last sector, but I don't think pole was...
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