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Bottas found late confidence for pole, ‘really surprised’ by margin
Valtteri Bottas says he only found confidence in his car during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix and was “really surprised” by the advantage Mercedes had over the field. Presented by Click to subscribe and get 25% off using code 'BACK25' The Finn bested teammate Lewis Hamilton to pole by just 0.012s despite going off on his final attempt, with Hamilton unable to improve enough and facing the stewards for allegedly failing to slow for yellow flags. Bottas admits he was struggling with his confidence during the early part of the first race of the season but found his rhythm just in time and was not expecting to be nearly half a second clear of Max Verstappen.
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