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Valtteri Bottas: “I didn't get a perfect lap together in Q3”

Valtteri Bottas will start the Mexican Grand Prix from fifth on the grid on Sunday, but the Finn was happy just be participating in the session after a hydraulics issue during final practice earlier in the day necessitated an engine change ahead of Qualifying. The Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver stopped in the stadium section during FP3 and reverted to a different engine for the remainder of the weekend, although he escapes a penalty as he is using one he has previous utilised. Despite easily making it through to the top ten shootout and on the Ultrasoft tyre as opposed to the Hypersoft, he was disappointed with his performance in Q3, ending four-tenths of a second off the pole...
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