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Bottas thinks he is prime position for 2017 repeat
Valtteri Bottas will start the 2020 Russian Grand Prix from P3, but thinks he is in prime position to take the race win. After dominating Friday practice, Bottas' Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton grew into the race weekend at the Sochi Autodrom and went on to take pole for the Russian Grand Prix with a blistering 1:31.304 – but not before some big drama in Q2. Bottas was left needing 0.65s on his team-mate which allowed Red Bull's Max Verstappen to kick him off the front row and take P2 for the race start. Fortunately for Bottas though P3 has proven to be a very handy grid position in the past at Sochi. The Finn won from P3 back in 2017, also his first ever Formula 1 victory, while...
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