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Beaten Bottas ponders effect of engine delay

Valtteri Bottas has said it would have been a 'closer fight' with Ferrari in qualifying had he been able to use Mercedes' new power unit. For a split second, Bottas put himself on provisional pole for the Canadian Grand Prix, but Sebastian Vettel went on to up the ante with a 1:10.764 to pip the Finn to top spot by 0.093 seconds. Bottas is happy he was still able to lock down a front row start, but did suggest the new engine, whch has been delayed because of a quality control issue, could have been the difference between qualifying first and second. 'Qualifying wise, obviously it was close with Ferrari, it’s always annoying when it’s so close and you’re not ahead,' Bottas...
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