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Bottas "didn't meet" his expectations in first Mercedes qualifying
Mercedes newcomer Valtteri Bottas says he didn't reach the bar he had set for himself in the first qualifying of F1 2017 in Melbourne, as the Finn missed out on the front row. Having lapped 0.293s off teammate Lewis Hamilton, who took pole for the Australian GP, Bottas was then denied a front row start by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the dying seconds of the final segment. The Finn admitted in the post-qualifying press conference that the result was a frustrating one. "Third position is not ideal, in general I am not happy for the result," he said. "What I am happy about, what I am proud about is what team has done with this car. I only saw a small part of the preparation...
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