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Valtteri Bottas: “It was a bit of a problematic qualifying session”

A software issue for Valtteri Bottas cost him the chance of running his engine in qualifying mode at Spa-Francorchamps, but the Finn was pleased to qualify eighth on Saturday. Bottas ended 0.868 seconds off the ultimate pace set by Nico Rosberg, but was just 0.205 seconds behind Sergio Perez in sixth, and without the software issue, the Williams Martini Racing driver felt a top six result could have been possible. Despite the issues, Bottas feels the long run pace of his FW38 around the Belgian track should enable the team to have a strong race on Sunday. “Obviously it was a bit of a problematic qualifying session for us,” said Bottas. “Considering the software issues we had, I think...
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