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Bottas 'lucky' to come out of Q3 spin without damage

Valtteri Bottas had been looking a strong contender for pole position in Saturday's qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix. He was faster than Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in Q1, and only 0.085s off the world champion's pace in the second round. But then it all went wrong in the final top ten pole shoot-out. "I made a mistake in the first run of Q3, had a snap and ended up spinning out of turn 2," he confirmed after the end of the session. Onlookers could hardly believe the way that the Finn managed to keep the car from ploughing into the concrete barrier, which could have inflicted major damage on the W10. Vettel denies Hamilton pole position for Canadian Grand...
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