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Valtteri Bottas: “Strategy created a good opportunity”

Valtteri Bottas was pleased with the strategy drawn up by his Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team for the Japanese Grand Prix, but rued the lack of time available to capitalise on it. Bottas pitted late on in the Grand Prix for his mandatory pit stop – pulling in on lap thirty for a set of Supersoft Pirelli tyres, and the Finn was able to take advantage of his fresher tyres to attack Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo in the latter stages of the race, but ultimately had to be content with finishing fourth. “It was a close fight; especially in the end I was getting closer to Daniel,” said Bottas, “but there just was not enough time anymore and the VSC didn't help either....
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