Valtteri Bottas says he could have qualified higher than ninth had Mercedes opted for the intermediate tyres at the start of Q3 in F1 qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix. Check out the Crash F1 YouTube channel - CLICK HERE Mercedes struggled for pace throughout the wet-affected qualifying session at Istanbul Park with Bottas qualifying ninth, while teammate Lewis Hamilton only managed sixth. Bottas believes if Mercedes ran the intermediates - rather than the full wets - at the start of Q3, it would have given him a better chance of getting the tyres up to temperature and thus qualified higher on the grid. “Yes, it was tricky,” Bottas said “I’m sure everyone say that and I think...
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