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Bottas "could've done better" in Spanish GP crash

Valtteri Bottas has admitted he "could have done a better job" in the build-up to his first-corner crash with Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen in Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver clipped his fellow Finn Raikkonen into Turn 1, sending the Ferrari into Verstappen's Red Bull and causing both to retire. Bottas managed to continue after the incident, although a late engine failure meant he failed to finish as well. Speaking ahead of this week's Monaco Grand Prix, Bottas admitted he had "definitely" learned from reviewing the accident. "I could have done a better job," he said. "The braking point for Turn 1 I could have lost the reference...
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