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Bottas finished fourth and Massa tenth in today’s Bahrain Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas: "Sebastian was quicker than me, and closed up behind very fast, but the fight was really good fun." After a sensor issue on the final fire up caused Felipe Massa’s power unit not to start he was forced to start from the pitlane. Felipe fought his way back up to eighth but, struggling for pace due to damage sustained after being hit in the early stages, he dropped back to tenth in the final laps. Valtteri Bottas made a clean getaway from the grid and after holding P5 for the majority of the race, he was able to capitalise on Sebastian Vettel’s unplanned pitstop for a new front wing, holding off the Ferrari successfully for 17 laps to take fourth. Rob Smedley,...
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