Valtteri Bottas says that the yellow flag triggered by Renault's Esteban Ocon in the final moments of qualifying cost him a shot of taking pole position for this weekend's Tuscan Grand Prix. Bottas had been fastest of anyone throughout all three practice sessions at Mugello, and remained quickest in the first round of qualifying. But his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton pipped him in Q2 by 0.013s, and he was just 0.059s again after the first run of the final pole shoot-out round. Hamilton was unable to improve his time with his second and last flying lap of Q3, but Bottas was prevented from going faster in his run when local waved yellows came out for an incident involving Ocon. Hamilton...
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