Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas will start the Formula 1 Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position after a qualifying session which saw Max Verstappen fail to deliver. Bottas will head an all-Mercedes front-row for Sunday’s race with Lewis Hamilton alongside him, the pair ahead of an all-Red Bull second row. A disappointing afternoon for Daniel Ricciardo meanwhile will see him start a lowly 16th. The Australian encountered traffic on his first flying lap before a mistake in the final sector on his next effort lap failed to produce a time good enough to progress into the second segment of the three-part session. The bulk of the field headed out on track as Qualifying 1 began, the two...
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