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Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes seems ‘to be in own league’

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes “seems to be in our own league” compared to its Formula 1 rivals after qualifying on pole position for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. Mercedes was unbeatable in the first qualifying session of the delayed 2020 F1 season as Bottas edged out teammate and reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton by just 0.012s to claim pole at the Red Bull Ring. The next fastest driver, Max Verstappen, was half a second behind the Mercedes duo. Red Bull, who had seen a protest against Mercedes’ controversial DAS steering system knocked back after Friday practice, had been tipped to challenge Mercedes’ recent dominance of the sport but in truth the team never looked...
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