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Bottas: We need to focus on the race start
Valtteri Bottas had a plan during qualifying for the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix and it worked a treat, as the Mercedes driver upset the form book to take pole for tomorrow's race but says the start on Sunday will be crucial. As he wound down after claiming top spot on the grid, Bottas and his engineer shared an 'I told you so' remark suggesting that his side of the garage had concocted a plan to upstage Lewis Hamilton. The margin was a minuscule 0.007 of a second between the pair with the World Champion gamely admitting he gave it his best shot but on the day his teammate's A-Game was too good. Bottas said of his afternoon: 'It's a good feeling to be on pole. Feels like it's been a while....
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