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Bottas: I had pace but nothing I could do
Valtteri Bottas feels his superior pace to Kimi Raikkonen was restrained stuck behind the Ferrari driver due to the limited overtaking opportunities at Monaco. After qualifying in fifth place, the Mercedes driver was unable to make any inroads to his position behind Raikkonen and spent the whole Monaco Grand Prix facing the rear of the Finn’s Ferrari. Bottas admitted his frustrations at being stuck behind Raikkonen with only seeing a chance to pass “a couple of times” but accepted his fifth place having felt encouraged by his race pace looking towards future races. “It can be very frustrating when you feel you have the pace but there’s nothing you can do with it,” Bottas said....
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