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Blundell: Bottas lacks aggression and a bit of fight

The final laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix were riveting but in the end anti-climatic, with the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel on soft Pirelli tyres, almost down to the canvas, hunted down by the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas but a decisive attack race winning attack never came. In fact, the only real try Bottas had was a half-hearted attempt heading in to Turn 1 on the final lap. It was a submissive stab rather than a guns-a-blazing ambush instead he settled for second place despite that sniff of victory. Former F1 driver Mark Blundell believes that Bottas lacks a killer's instinct and told Sky Sports, 'He bottled it. He had the car underneath him, he had the tyres underneath him...
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