Valtteri Bottas expressed disappointment at his Monaco Grand Prix result, as he lost further ground to Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1’s title fight. Bottas missed out on pole position by just 0.086s, pinning a scruffy final Q3 effort on out-lap traffic that hurt his tyre preparation, but maintained second at the start. However, the Finn was involved in an incident with Max Verstappen in the pit lane, with the Dutchman unsafely released into Bottas’ path. Verstappen was sanctioned for the incident but Mercedes feared that Bottas’ brush with the pit wall had resulted in a puncture and brought him in for a precautionary change. That dropped him behind...
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