Valtteri Bottas Austrian Grand Prix pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas believes that he had more pace than he was able to show after running off at the end of qualifying. The Finn led Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes lockout for the opening race of the 2020 Formula 1 season with a 1:02.939s compared to the Briton’s best of 1:02.951s. While Bottas’ pole time was a new track record, he thinks that a mishap at Turn 4 of the Red Bull Ring on his second run cost him the chance to go even faster. “I think there was a bit more time on the table,” he said. “I think I was slightly up on my second lap until I ran a bit wide in Turn 4 on the gravel and went off the track. So that was my mistake. “It...
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